1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index bbf62cb1f819..86a61d642220 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -290,13 +290,11 @@ static void do_config_file(const char *filename)
         map = malloc(st.st_size + 1);
         if (!map) {
                 perror("fixdep: malloc");
-                close(fd);
-                return;
+                exit(2);
         }
         if (read(fd, map, st.st_size) != st.st_size) {
                 perror("fixdep: read");
-                close(fd);
-                return;
+                exit(2);
         }
         map[st.st_size] = '\0';
         close(fd);