diff --git a/pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/health.go b/pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/health.go
index 4a037d42cd..4f02f5d9c5 100644
--- a/pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/health.go
+++ b/pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/rm/health.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (r *nvmlResourceManager) checkHealth(stop <-chan interface{}, devices Devic
 			for _, d := range devices {
 				unhealthy <- d
 			}
-			continue
+			return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for event: %v", ret)
 		}
 
 		if e.EventType != nvml.EventTypeXidCriticalError {