diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
index 0659c461526..d56a07d448a 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ QgsLayoutExporter::ExportResult QgsLayoutExporter::exportToPdf( const QString &f
     details.useOgcBestPracticeFormatGeoreferencing = settings.useOgcBestPracticeFormatGeoreferencing;
     details.useIso32000ExtensionFormatGeoreferencing = settings.useIso32000ExtensionFormatGeoreferencing;
 
-    geoPdfExporter->finalize( pdfComponents, filePath, details );
+    if ( !geoPdfExporter->finalize( pdfComponents, filePath, details ) )
+      result = PrintError;
   }
   else
   {
diff --git a/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.cpp b/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.cpp
index 82d7d3c6b41..43bdd787cf1 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsmaprenderertask.cpp
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ bool QgsMapRendererTask::run()
       exportDetails.georeferencedSections << georef;
     }
 
-    mGeoPdfExporter->finalize( pdfComponents, mFileName, exportDetails );
+    const bool res = mGeoPdfExporter->finalize( pdfComponents, mFileName, exportDetails );
     mGeoPdfExporter.reset();
     mTempPainter.reset();
     mPrinter.reset();
-    return true;
+    return res;
 #endif
   }
   else