diff --git a/transport/HidlBinderSupport.cpp b/transport/HidlBinderSupport.cpp
index a96050c..f28310c 100644
--- a/transport/HidlBinderSupport.cpp
+++ b/transport/HidlBinderSupport.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@
     // Something really bad has happened, and we're not going to even
     // try returning rich error data.
     if (s.exceptionCode() == Status::EX_TRANSACTION_FAILED) {
-        status_t status = s.transactionError();
-        return status == OK ? FAILED_TRANSACTION : status;
+        return s.transactionError();
     }
 
     status_t status = parcel->writeInt32(s.exceptionCode());