[3.11] gh-101967: add a missing error check (GH-101968) (#102015)

gh-101967: add a missing error check (GH-101968)
(cherry picked from commit 89413bbccb9261b72190e275eefe4b0d49671477)

Co-authored-by: Eclips4 <80244920+Eclips4@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Shantanu <12621235+hauntsaninja@users.noreply.github.com>