diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
index 9b4d527bd3f8fef0245a5e0d2af0948c39e80f23..d86ecd2f9ec2ff96bbb3d2d1dd6a1983cd780642 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static void iwl_sta_init_lq(struct iwl_priv *priv, const u8 *addr, bool is_ap)
 		.reserved1 = 0,
 	};
 	u32 rate_flags;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Set up the rate scaling to start at selected rate, fall back
 	 * all the way down to 1M in IEEE order, and then spin on 1M */
@@ -458,8 +459,10 @@ static void iwl_sta_init_lq(struct iwl_priv *priv, const u8 *addr, bool is_ap)
 	/* Update the rate scaling for control frame Tx to AP */
 	link_cmd.sta_id = is_ap ? IWL_AP_ID : priv->hw_params.bcast_sta_id;
 
-	iwl_send_cmd_pdu(priv, REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD,
+	ret = iwl_send_cmd_pdu(priv, REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD,
 			       sizeof(link_cmd), &link_cmd);
+	if (ret)
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD failed (%d)\n", ret);
 }
 
 /*