diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/fan.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/fan.py
index 8489c93e5a3..bd0487eb0e8 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/fan.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/fan.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def get_presence(self):
             if self.always_presence:
                 status = 1
             else:
-                read_int_from_file(os.path.join(FAN_PATH, self.fan_presence_path), 0)
+                status = read_int_from_file(os.path.join(FAN_PATH, self.fan_presence_path), 0)
 
         return status == 1