diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c
index 8595d96..e80c430 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.c
@@ -692,7 +692,8 @@ xf86CrtcScreenInit (ScreenPtr screen)
     /* Rotation */
     xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.\n");
     xf86DisableRandR(); /* Disable old RandR extension support */
-    xf86RandR12Init (screen);
+    if (! xf86RandR12Init (screen))
+	return FALSE;
 
     /* support all rotations if every crtc has the shadow alloc funcs */
     for (c = 0; c < config->num_crtc; c++)