diff --git a/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.cpp b/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.cpp
index 57cd37673..7760045ec 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ void PerfdataWriter::RotateFile(std::ofstream& output, const String& temp_path,
 		output.close();
 
 		String finalFile = perfdata_path + "." + Convert::ToString((long)Utility::GetTime());
-		(void) rename(temp_path.CStr(), finalFile.CStr());
+		if (rename(temp_path.CStr(), finalFile.CStr()) < 0) {
+			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(posix_error()
+			    << boost::errinfo_api_function("rename")
+			    << boost::errinfo_errno(errno)
+			    << boost::errinfo_file_name(temp_path));
+		}
 	}
 
 	output.open(temp_path.CStr());