diff --git a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
index 3f56aa8b5..75b79cdb3 100755
--- a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
+++ b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ sub kit_cleanrepo
         }
         if ( !$got_one ) {
             print "Kit repository $repoid does not exist.\n";
+            return 1;
         }
     }
     if ( -d "$::workdir/rpmbuild" ) {