diff --git a/src/modules/mixer/pa.c b/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
index 8d30e4b81..bf3405937 100644
--- a/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
+++ b/src/modules/mixer/pa.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ con(Pulse *conn, int type __UNUSED__, Ecore_Con_Event_Server_Add *ev)
 
    flags = fcntl(conn->fd, F_GETFD);
    flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-   fcntl(conn->fd, F_SETFD, flags);
+   if (fcntl(conn->fd, F_SETFD, flags) < 0) ERR("Cannot set CLOEXEC on fd");
 
    conn->fdh = ecore_main_fd_handler_add(conn->fd, ECORE_FD_WRITE, (Ecore_Fd_Cb)fdh_func, conn, NULL, NULL);
    ecore_con_server_del(conn->svr);