diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp b/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp
index 836b7ee1b97..081c7e2f995 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ NdbBlob::writeData(const void* data, Uint32 bytes)
   }
   const char* buf = static_cast<const char*>(data);
   int ret = writeDataPrivate(buf, bytes);
-  DBUG_RETURN(0);
+  DBUG_RETURN(ret);
 }
 
 int