diff --git a/core/java/android/os/BugreportManager.java b/core/java/android/os/BugreportManager.java
index 0feed68163e2c..e366fe05723e3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/BugreportManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/BugreportManager.java
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public final class BugreportManager {
             // Need to delete the file if it was created but failed while trying to get fd
             deleteFile(tmpScreenshotFile);
             Log.e(TAG, "Not able to create/open temporary screenshot file ", e);
+            callback.onError(BugreportCallback.BUGREPORT_ERROR_RUNTIME);
         } finally {
             // We can close the file descriptors here because binder would have duped them.
             IoUtils.closeQuietly(bugreportFd);