diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/client/client.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/client/client.go
index ece0784d89..61f577e43a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/client/client.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/client/client.go
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ func (c *APIClient) decode(v interface{}, b []byte, contentType string) (err err
 			return
 		}
 		_, err = (*f).Write(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 		_, err = (*f).Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
 		return
 	}