diff --git a/src/sysext/sysext.c b/src/sysext/sysext.c
index 7c97070546..9248e67127 100644
--- a/src/sysext/sysext.c
+++ b/src/sysext/sysext.c
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ static int refresh(
          * 4. If there was no overlayfs mount so far, and no extensions installed, we implement a NOP.
          */
 
-        return 0;
+        return r;
 }
 
 static int verb_refresh(int argc, char **argv, void *userdata) {