diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsdataaccess.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsdataaccess.cc
index 6ef9ad047..f851a497a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsdataaccess.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsdataaccess.cc
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ uint32_t RsGxsDataAccess::requestStatus(uint32_t token)
 		if(mPublicToken.find(token) != mPublicToken.end())
 			return mPublicToken[token];
 	}
-	checkRequestStatus(token, status, reqtype, anstype, ts);
+    if(!checkRequestStatus(token, status, reqtype, anstype, ts))
+        return RsTokenService::GXS_REQUEST_V2_STATUS_FAILED ;
 
 	return status;
 }