diff --git a/src/android/mm/cros_camera_buffer.cpp b/src/android/mm/cros_camera_buffer.cpp
index 7df4f47c..d9fd43b7 100644
--- a/src/android/mm/cros_camera_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/android/mm/cros_camera_buffer.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ CameraBuffer::Private::Private(CameraBuffer *cameraBuffer,
 {
 	bufferManager_ = cros::CameraBufferManager::GetInstance();
 
-	bufferManager_->Register(camera3Buffer);
+	int ret = bufferManager_->Register(camera3Buffer);
+	if (ret) {
+		LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed registering a buffer: " << ret;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	numPlanes_ = bufferManager_->GetNumPlanes(camera3Buffer);
 	switch (numPlanes_) {