diff --git a/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2367.md b/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2367.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca2babdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2367.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xrt_device_compute_distortion returns xrt_result_t to improve error handling in the state tracker
diff --git a/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h b/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h
index 5c2b19090..cb35e768a 100644
--- a/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h
+++ b/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h
@@ -883,11 +883,12 @@ xrt_device_get_view_poses(struct xrt_device *xdev,
  *
  * @public @memberof xrt_device
  */
-static inline bool
+static inline xrt_result_t
 xrt_device_compute_distortion(
     struct xrt_device *xdev, uint32_t view, float u, float v, struct xrt_uv_triplet *out_result)
 {
-	return xdev->compute_distortion(xdev, view, u, v, out_result);
+	xdev->compute_distortion(xdev, view, u, v, out_result);
+	return XRT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /*!