diff --git a/bin/sde-check-package b/bin/sde-check-package
index da28f73..5d2160c 100755
--- a/bin/sde-check-package
+++ b/bin/sde-check-package
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ check_package() {
 	done < <(package_desc_extract "$desc" D)
 }
 
-mkdir -p "$cachedir"
+mkdir -p "$cachedir" || exit $?
 
 # compile vsersionsort is missing
 #