diff --git a/mail-filter/MailScanner/MailScanner-4.84.5.2.ebuild b/mail-filter/MailScanner/MailScanner-4.84.5.2.ebuild
index 426c5373fb9ba..f7d840c8624b1 100644
--- a/mail-filter/MailScanner/MailScanner-4.84.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/mail-filter/MailScanner/MailScanner-4.84.5.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 			/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf.pre_upgrade.${MY_PV} \
 			/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf.${MY_PV} \
 			> /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf 2> /dev/null
-		eend
+		eend $?
 	else
 		cp /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf.sample \
 			/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf