diff --git a/src/setup_payload/tests/TestHelpers.h b/src/setup_payload/tests/TestHelpers.h
index 8d84791e8b103a..dedd9040ae205e 100644
--- a/src/setup_payload/tests/TestHelpers.h
+++ b/src/setup_payload/tests/TestHelpers.h
@@ -141,7 +141,12 @@ inline bool CheckWriteRead(SetupPayload & inPayload, bool allowInvalidPayload =
     memset(optionalInfo, 0xFF, sizeof(optionalInfo));
     auto generator = QRCodeSetupPayloadGenerator(inPayload);
     generator.SetAllowInvalidPayload(allowInvalidPayload);
-    generator.payloadBase38Representation(result, optionalInfo, sizeof(optionalInfo));
+    CHIP_ERROR err = generator.payloadBase38Representation(result, optionalInfo, sizeof(optionalInfo));
+
+    if (err != CHIP_NO_ERROR)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 
     outPayload = {};
     QRCodeSetupPayloadParser(result).populatePayload(outPayload);