diff --git a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
index adedd2bb..385f0de5 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/miniboot.cfg
@@ -1781,7 +1781,14 @@ if [ "${backup_part_extension_required}" -ne 0 ]; then
     wlog "Platform Backup partition: resizing ${BACKUP_PART} from ${BACKUP_PART_CURRENT_SIZE}MiB to ${BACKUP_SIZE}MiB"
     e2fsck -p -f ${BACKUP_PART}
     rc=$?
-    [ ${rc} -ne 0 ] && report_failure_with_msg "e2fsck failed on platform backup partition [rc=${rc}]"
+    # Handle e2fsck exit code, non-zero can still indicate success:
+    # 0 - No errors
+    # 1 - File system errors corrected
+    # 2 - File system errors corrected, system should be rebooted
+    # > 2 are all hard failures (see man e2fsck)
+    # Include 2 as a failure in our case, since it should only happen if the filesystem
+    # is mounted while e2fsck is run (not a valid scenario here).
+    [ ${rc} -gt 1 ] && report_failure_with_msg "e2fsck failed on platform backup partition [rc=${rc}]"
     resize2fs -f ${BACKUP_PART}
     rc=$?
     [ ${rc} -ne 0 ] && report_failure_with_msg "Failed to resize ext4 fs of platform backup partition [rc=${rc}]"