diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_enc.c
index 66942eaec33f315cb49841feded0e8382402d294..da553657a975a9ae4872831483f55b102fc7aa44 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_enc.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_enc(
     else if ( ivas_format == ISM_FORMAT )
     {
         /* select ISM format mode; reconfigure the ISM format encoder */
-        if ( ( ivas_ism_enc_config( st_ivas ) ) )
+        if ( ( error = ivas_ism_enc_config( st_ivas ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
         {
             return error;
         }