diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
index 740cbf8a7..8a8332cc5 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ create_buffer_from_shm(Wayland_CursorData *d,
         d->shm_data = NULL;
         fprintf (stderr, "mmap () failed\n");
         close (shm_fd);
+        return -1;
     }
 
     shm_pool = wl_shm_create_pool(data->shm, shm_fd, size);