diff --git a/frame/democracy/src/benchmarking.rs b/frame/democracy/src/benchmarking.rs
index d1d3b3e62bddd..ef2c7de27ba59 100644
--- a/frame/democracy/src/benchmarking.rs
+++ b/frame/democracy/src/benchmarking.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use frame_support::{
 	traits::{Currency, Get, EnsureOrigin, OnInitialize, UnfilteredDispatchable, schedule::DispatchTime},
 };
 use frame_system::{RawOrigin, Pallet as System, self};
-use sp_runtime::traits::{Bounded, One};
+use sp_runtime::traits::{Bounded, One, BadOrigin};
 
 use crate::Pallet as Democracy;
 
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ benchmarks! {
 	}: enact_proposal(RawOrigin::Root, proposal_hash, 0)
 	verify {
 		// Fails due to mismatched origin
-		assert_last_event::<T>(Event::<T>::Executed(0, false).into());
+		assert_last_event::<T>(Event::<T>::Executed(0, Err(BadOrigin.into())).into());
 	}
 
 	#[extra]
diff --git a/frame/democracy/src/lib.rs b/frame/democracy/src/lib.rs
index 6ebe917f56ae5..b1310efea2401 100644
--- a/frame/democracy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/democracy/src/lib.rs
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ pub mod pallet {
 		NotPassed(ReferendumIndex),
 		/// A referendum has been cancelled. \[ref_index\]
 		Cancelled(ReferendumIndex),
-		/// A proposal has been enacted. \[ref_index, is_ok\]
-		Executed(ReferendumIndex, bool),
+		/// A proposal has been enacted. \[ref_index, result\]
+		Executed(ReferendumIndex, DispatchResult),
 		/// An account has delegated their vote to another account. \[who, target\]
 		Delegated(T::AccountId, T::AccountId),
 		/// An \[account\] has cancelled a previous delegation operation.
@@ -1652,8 +1652,9 @@ impl<T: Config> Pallet<T> {
 				debug_assert!(err_amount.is_zero());
 				Self::deposit_event(Event::<T>::PreimageUsed(proposal_hash, provider, deposit));
 
-				let ok = proposal.dispatch(frame_system::RawOrigin::Root.into()).is_ok();
-				Self::deposit_event(Event::<T>::Executed(index, ok));
+				let res = proposal.dispatch(frame_system::RawOrigin::Root.into())
+					.map(|_| ()).map_err(|e| e.error);
+				Self::deposit_event(Event::<T>::Executed(index, res));
 
 				Ok(())
 			} else {