diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index e687eedddf..4f82858e09 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-11-07	Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	PR 1952/cpukit
+	* libmisc/untar/untar.c: Add return code for failure when unable to
+	write file.
+
 2011-11-03	Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>
 
 	PR 1948/filesystem
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/untar/untar.c b/cpukit/libmisc/untar/untar.c
index 2c5c8e9cf3..71669a40b3 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/untar/untar.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/untar/untar.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Untar_FromMemory(
                if (n != len)
                {
                   printk("untar: Error during write\n");
+                  retval  = UNTAR_FAIL;
                   break;
                }
                ptr += 512;