diff --git a/board/freescale/common/imx/imx8-bootloader-prepare.sh b/board/freescale/common/imx/imx8-bootloader-prepare.sh
index 7ebf15b6ff..a9ee154e9c 100755
--- a/board/freescale/common/imx/imx8-bootloader-prepare.sh
+++ b/board/freescale/common/imx/imx8-bootloader-prepare.sh
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ main ()
 	exit $?
 }
 
+set -e
 main $@