diff --git a/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c b/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
index 981fcda4ff..2471c1f8e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ _server_connect(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_FCNTL
    flags = fcntl(s, F_GETFD);
    flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-   fcntl(s, F_SETFD, flags);
+   if (fcntl(s, F_SETFD, flags) < 0) ERR("can't set CLOEXEC on fd");
 #endif
 
    remote.sun_family = AF_UNIX;