diff --git a/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2365.md b/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2365.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9d52586d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/xrt/mr.2365.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- xrt_device_get_view_pose 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 4e3b1f6ad..b01f58fe1 100644
--- a/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h
+++ b/src/xrt/include/xrt/xrt_device.h
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ xrt_device_get_plane_detections_ext(struct xrt_device *xdev,
  * @copydoc xrt_device::get_view_poses
  * @public @memberof xrt_device
  */
-static inline void
+static inline xrt_result_t
 xrt_device_get_view_poses(struct xrt_device *xdev,
                           const struct xrt_vec3 *default_eye_relation,
                           int64_t at_timestamp_ns,
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ xrt_device_get_view_poses(struct xrt_device *xdev,
 {
 	xdev->get_view_poses(xdev, default_eye_relation, at_timestamp_ns, view_count, out_head_relation, out_fovs,
 	                     out_poses);
+	return XRT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /*!