diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_main.c b/ospfd/ospf_main.c
index 2dd997e..8b9a345 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_main.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_main.c
@@ -314,8 +314,11 @@
     return(0);
   
   /* Change to the daemon program. */
-  if (daemon_mode)
-    daemon (0, 0);
+  if (daemon_mode && daemon (0, 0) < 0)
+    {
+      zlog_err("OSPFd daemon failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
 
   /* Process id file create. */
   pid_output (pid_file);