diff --git a/liboverlay/mdpWrapper.h b/liboverlay/mdpWrapper.h
index 349b720..f689e45 100644
--- a/liboverlay/mdpWrapper.h
+++ b/liboverlay/mdpWrapper.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 bool setOverlay(int fd, mdp_overlay& ov);
 
 /* MSMFB_OVERLAY_PREPARE */
-bool validateAndSet(const int& fd, mdp_overlay_list& list);
+int validateAndSet(const int& fd, mdp_overlay_list& list);
 
 /* MSM_ROTATOR_IOCTL_FINISH */
 bool endRotator(int fd, int sessionId);
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-inline bool validateAndSet(const int& fd, mdp_overlay_list& list) {
+inline int validateAndSet(const int& fd, mdp_overlay_list& list) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
     uint32_t id = 0;
     if(UNLIKELY(Overlay::isDebugPipeLifecycle())) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     if (ioctl(fd, MSMFB_OVERLAY_PREPARE, &list) < 0) {
         ALOGD_IF(IOCTL_DEBUG, "Failed to call ioctl MSMFB_OVERLAY_PREPARE "
                 "err=%s", strerror(errno));
-        return false;
+        return errno;
     }
 
     if(UNLIKELY(Overlay::isDebugPipeLifecycle())) {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         ALOGD("%s Pipe mask after OVERLAY_PREPARE 0x%04x", __FUNCTION__, id);
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 inline bool endRotator(int fd, uint32_t sessionId) {
diff --git a/liboverlay/overlayMdp.cpp b/liboverlay/overlayMdp.cpp
index b8bb33e..4cd52a7 100644
--- a/liboverlay/overlayMdp.cpp
+++ b/liboverlay/overlayMdp.cpp
@@ -359,9 +359,12 @@
         fnProgramScale(&list);
     }
 
-    if(!mdp_wrapper::validateAndSet(fbFd, list)) {
+    // Error value is based on file errno-base.h
+    // 0 - indicates no error.
+    int errVal = mdp_wrapper::validateAndSet(fbFd, list);
+    if(errVal) {
         /* No dump for failure due to insufficient resource */
-        if(errno != E2BIG) {
+        if(errVal != E2BIG) {
             mdp_wrapper::dump("Bad ov dump: ",
                 *list.overlay_list[list.processed_overlays]);
         }