diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
index 170cdc41627..d5b242b679d 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
@@ -3636,8 +3636,8 @@ ieee80211_ioctl(struct ifnet *ifp, u_long cmd, caddr_t data)
 		break;
 	case SIOCG80211STATS:
 		ifr = (struct ifreq *)data;
-		copyout(&vap->iv_stats, ifr_data_get_ptr(ifr),
-		    sizeof (vap->iv_stats));
+		error = copyout(&vap->iv_stats, ifr_data_get_ptr(ifr),
+		    sizeof(vap->iv_stats));
 		break;
 	case SIOCSIFMTU:
 		ifr = (struct ifreq *)data;