diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 0ec5b7a1d769..97d4a9dcf339 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -1169,8 +1169,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clock_adjtime32, clockid_t, which_clock,
 
 	err = do_clock_adjtime(which_clock, &ktx);
 
-	if (err >= 0)
-		err = put_old_timex32(utp, &ktx);
+	if (err >= 0 && put_old_timex32(utp, &ktx))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return err;
 }