diff --git a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
index 014ab040..1b173e69 100755
--- a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
+++ b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ else
     else
 	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 	    FILEPATH="$1"
-	    process "$command"
+	    process "$command" || exit $?
 	    shift
 	done
     fi