diff --git a/src/libcamera/process.cpp b/src/libcamera/process.cpp
index 6c41da219f05..ab716a9cd57f 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/process.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/process.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,15 @@ void Process::closeAllFdsExcept(const std::vector<int> &fds)

 int Process::isolate()
 {
-	return unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET);
+	int ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET);
+	if (ret) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		LOG(Process, Error) << "Failed to unshare execution context: "
+				    << strerror(-ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }

 /**