diff --git a/libdm/dm-tools/dmsetup.c b/libdm/dm-tools/dmsetup.c
index 44386a6dd..fb1a5747c 100644
--- a/libdm/dm-tools/dmsetup.c
+++ b/libdm/dm-tools/dmsetup.c
@@ -943,8 +943,10 @@ static int _display_info_cols(struct dm_task *dmt, struct dm_info *info)
 			goto_out;
 
 		/* No regions to report is not an error */
-		if (!dm_stats_get_nr_regions(obj.stats))
+		if (!dm_stats_get_nr_regions(obj.stats)) {
+			r = 1;
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* group report with no groups? */