diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/hotplug-call b/package/base-files/files/sbin/hotplug-call
index c5a76a76c1..e56460de93 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/hotplug-call
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/hotplug-call
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export HOTPLUG_TYPE="$1"
 		echo 1 > "/sys$DEVPATH/loading"
 		dd if="/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE" of="/sys$DEVPATH/data" bs=64k
 		echo 0 > "/sys$DEVPATH/loading"
-	}
+	} || echo -1 > "/sys$DEVPATH/loading"
 	exit 0
 }