diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
index cb32e2e4c..7257cc8f4 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ logger -t xcat -p local4.info "xcatclient call with -d. getting credentials and
 
 if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then #Unless we have openssl stup
    logger -t xcat -p local4.err "$0: /usr/bin/openssl is not executable"
-   exit 0
+   exit -1
 fi
 USEOPENSSLFORXCAT=1 #Declare 2.3 style SSL
 RETURNVAL=0