diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset b/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
index ae253e77..09a6221b 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodebmcreset
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ exitcode = 0
 errorNodes = set([])
 session.stop_if_noderange_over(noderange, options.maxnodes)
 success = session.simple_noderange_command(noderange, 'configuration/management_controller/reset', 'reset', key='state', errnodes=errorNodes)   # = 0 if successful
+if success != 0:
+    sys.exit(success)
 
 # Determine which nodes were successful and print them