diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index 90b573169..8651ebb7a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -6141,7 +6141,7 @@ void wallet2::load(const std::string& wallet_, const epee::wipeable_string& pass
     bool r = true;
     if (use_fs)
     {
-      load_from_file(m_wallet_file, cache_file_buf, std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
+      r = load_from_file(m_wallet_file, cache_file_buf, std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
       THROW_WALLET_EXCEPTION_IF(!r, error::file_read_error, m_wallet_file);
     }