diff --git a/include/os_nvm.h b/include/os_nvm.h
index 3f1811bda..8fd5e370f 100644
--- a/include/os_nvm.h
+++ b/include/os_nvm.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SYSCALL void nvm_erase(void *dst_adr PLENGTH(len), unsigned int len);
 SUDOCALL void nvm_write_page(unsigned int page_adr, bool force);
 
 // erase a nvm page at given address, only callable by the privileged APIs
-SUDOCALL void nvm_erase_page(unsigned int page_adr);
+SUDOCALL unsigned int nvm_erase_page(unsigned int page_adr);
 
 // any application can wipe the global pin, global seed, user's keys
 // disabled for security reasons // SYSCALL                                       void
diff --git a/src/syscalls.c b/src/syscalls.c
index 9eb3256aa..34c91dc18 100644
--- a/src/syscalls.c
+++ b/src/syscalls.c
@@ -1843,13 +1843,12 @@ void nvm_write_page(unsigned int page_adr, bool force)
     return;
 }
 
-void nvm_erase_page(unsigned int page_adr)
+unsigned int nvm_erase_page(unsigned int page_adr)
 {
     unsigned int parameters[2];
     parameters[0] = (unsigned int) page_adr;
     parameters[1] = 0;
-    SVC_Call(SYSCALL_nvm_erase_page_ID, parameters);
-    return;
+    return (unsigned int) SVC_Call(SYSCALL_nvm_erase_page_ID, parameters);
 }
 
 try_context_t *try_context_get(void)