diff --git a/bin/ramdisk-image-create b/bin/ramdisk-image-create
index 67a1aab79..2186df69c 100755
--- a/bin/ramdisk-image-create
+++ b/bin/ramdisk-image-create
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ FIRMWARE_DIR=$MODULE_ROOT/lib/firmware
 
 if [ ! -d "$MODULE_DIR" ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: kernel module directory not found at $MODULE_DIR"
-	return 1
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 LIB_UDEV=$LIB_UDEV_ROOT/lib/udev
 
 if [ ! -d "$LIB_UDEV" ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: udev directory not found at $LIB_UDEV"
-	return 1
+	exit 1
 fi
 
 mk_build_dir