diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/dlfcn.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/dlfcn.c
index fee50e8dfd..4f6f328d79 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/dlfcn.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/dlfcn.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dlsym(void *handle, char const *name)
 int
 dlclose(void *handle)
 {
-	return __gRuntimeLoader->unload_library(handle);
+	return sStatus = __gRuntimeLoader->unload_library(handle);
 }