diff --git a/src/native/macosx/org_lwjgl_opengl_Display.m b/src/native/macosx/org_lwjgl_opengl_Display.m
index 1de0ddeb..838d928f 100644
--- a/src/native/macosx/org_lwjgl_opengl_Display.m
+++ b/src/native/macosx/org_lwjgl_opengl_Display.m
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_MacOSXDisplay_restoreGamma(JNIEnv *
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_MacOSXDisplay_setGammaRamp(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jobject gamma_buffer) {
 	const CGGammaValue *values = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, gamma_buffer);
 	CGTableCount table_size = (*env)->GetDirectBufferCapacity(env, gamma_buffer);
-	CGSetDisplayTransferByTable(kCGDirectMainDisplay, table_size, values, values, values);
+	CGDisplayErr err = CGSetDisplayTransferByTable(kCGDirectMainDisplay, table_size, values, values, values);
+	if (err != CGDisplayNoErr) {
+		throwException(env, "Could not set display gamma");
+	}
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_MacOSXDisplay_hideUI(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jboolean hide) {