diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
index e0f19885..76a0fd72 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconfig
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if setmode:
             rcode |= client.printerror(fr)
             for node in fr.get('databynode', []):
                 r = fr['databynode'][node]
-                exitcode |= client.printerror(r, node)
+                rcode |= client.printerror(r, node)
                 if 'value' not in r:
                     continue
                 keyval = r['value']