diff --git a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_pipe.c b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_pipe.c
index 7228abf958..23b80d15bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_pipe.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_pipe.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ ecore_pipe_full_add(Ecore_Pipe_Cb handler,
    if (!write_survive_fork)
      _ecore_fd_close_on_exec(fd_write);
 
-   fcntl(p->fd_read, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+   if (fcntl(p->fd_read, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0) ERR("can't set pipe to NONBLOCK");
    p->fd_handler = ecore_main_fd_handler_add(p->fd_read,
                                              ECORE_FD_READ,
                                              _ecore_pipe_read,