diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
index 7784ca6ac..77a5f11b7 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_display.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ EGLBoolean egl_display_t::initialize(EGLint *major, EGLint *minor) {
         } else {
             ALOGW("eglInitialize(%p) failed (%s)", idpy,
                     egl_tls_t::egl_strerror(cnx->egl.eglGetError()));
+            return EGL_FALSE;
         }
     }