1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
index 93f227a25ba4..9cbb426c0b91 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ static int absolutize(char *to, int size, char *from)
                 strcat(to, "/");
                 strcat(to, from);
         }
-        chdir(save_cwd);
+        if (chdir(save_cwd)) {
+                cow_printf("absolutize : Can't cd to '%s' - "
+                           "errno = %d\n", save_cwd, errno);
+                return -1;
+        }
         return 0;
 }