diff --git a/third-party/rsutils/src/network-adapter-watcher.cpp b/third-party/rsutils/src/network-adapter-watcher.cpp
index 98217b3cbd9..ea983632489 100644
--- a/third-party/rsutils/src/network-adapter-watcher.cpp
+++ b/third-party/rsutils/src/network-adapter-watcher.cpp
@@ -74,11 +74,20 @@ class network_adapter_watcher_singleton
                       NotifyAddrChange( &h_file, &overlap );
                       // If multiple objects become signaled, the function returns the index of the first handle in the
                       // array whose object was signaled:
-                      if( WAIT_OBJECT_0
-                          == WaitForMultipleObjects( n_handles, handles, FALSE /*wait-for-all*/, INFINITE ) )
+                      auto result = WaitForMultipleObjects( n_handles, handles, FALSE /*wait-for-all*/, INFINITE );
+                      if( WAIT_OBJECT_0 == result )
                           break;  // we're done
-                      LOG_DEBUG( "network adapter changes detected!" );
-                      callbacks.raise();
+                      if( ( WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1 ) == result )
+                      {
+                          LOG_DEBUG( "network adapter changes detected!" );
+                          callbacks.raise();
+                      }
+                      else
+                      {
+                          auto last_error = GetLastError();
+                          LOG_ERROR( "Network adapter wait failed (" << result << "); GetLastError is " << last_error );
+                          break;
+                      }
                   }
 
                   LOG_DEBUG( "exiting network adapter watcher" );
@@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ class network_adapter_watcher_singleton
 
                       char buf[4096];
                       struct sockaddr_nl snl;
-                      iovec iov = { buf, sizeof buf };
+                      iovec iov = { buf, sizeof( buf ) };
                       msghdr msg = { (void *)&snl, sizeof snl, &iov, 1, NULL, 0, 0 };
                       int status = recvmsg( _socket, &msg, 0 );
                       if( status < 0 )