diff --git a/tools/check-directives.sh b/tools/check-directives.sh
index 1c20947b4b7..99f8f9d4519 100755
--- a/tools/check-directives.sh
+++ b/tools/check-directives.sh
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ function generate_directives() {
         }}' "$1"
 }
 
+ret=0
 if [[ $(generate_directives src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf | wc -l) -ne $(wc -l <test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network) ]]; then
 	echo "Looks like test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network hasn't been updated"
-	exit 1
+        ret=1
 fi
 
 if [[ $(generate_directives src/network/netdev/netdev-gperf.gperf | wc -l) -ne $(wc -l <test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev) ]]; then
 	echo "Looks like test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/directives.netdev hasn't been updated"
-	exit 1
+	ret=1
 fi
 
 if [[ $(generate_directives src/udev/net/link-config-gperf.gperf | wc -l) -ne $(wc -l <test/fuzz/fuzz-link-parser/directives.link) ]]; then
 	echo "Looks like test/fuzz/fuzz-link-parser/directives.link hasn't been updated"
-	exit 1
+	ret=1
 fi
+
+exit $ret