From bb4f81ad097bc2ba7365802bef912e4567ce5f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir Farjon <ofarjon@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:31:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] NIXLBENCH/BUG: Fix segfault when running without
 nvidia_peermem driver.

---
 benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp b/benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp
index f376678bc..93b31b7d5 100644
--- a/benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp
+++ b/benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ xferBenchNixlWorker::xferBenchNixlWorker(int *argc, char ***argv, std::vector<st
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    agent->createBackend(backend_name, backend_params, backend_engine);
+    CHECK_NIXL_ERROR(agent->createBackend(backend_name, backend_params, backend_engine),
+                     "createBackend failed!");
 }
 
 xferBenchNixlWorker::~xferBenchNixlWorker() {