2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 3b9636839d..ca0d6a8713 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4332,7 +4332,7 @@ bool LoadMempool(void)
     return true;
 }
 
-void DumpMempool(void)
+bool DumpMempool(void)
 {
     int64_t start = GetTimeMicros();
 
@@ -4352,7 +4352,7 @@ void DumpMempool(void)
     try {
         FILE* filestr = fsbridge::fopen(GetDataDir() / "mempool.dat.new", "wb");
         if (!filestr) {
-            return;
+            return false;
         }
 
         CAutoFile file(filestr, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
@@ -4376,7 +4376,9 @@ void DumpMempool(void)
         LogPrintf("Dumped mempool: %gs to copy, %gs to dump\n", (mid-start)*MICRO, (last-mid)*MICRO);
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         LogPrintf("Failed to dump mempool: %s. Continuing anyway.\n", e.what());
+        return false;
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 //! Guess how far we are in the verification process at the given block index
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index d0f6cdc135..d7f7b99ef8 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static const unsigned int REJECT_HIGHFEE = 0x100;
 CBlockFileInfo* GetBlockFileInfo(size_t n);
 
 /** Dump the mempool to disk. */
-void DumpMempool();
+bool DumpMempool();
 
 /** Load the mempool from disk. */
 bool LoadMempool();