diff --git a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv2dxil.c b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv2dxil.c
index 6d89d3ace70..3f7b4273b57 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv2dxil.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv2dxil.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
       spirv_to_dxil_free(data);
    } else {
       fprintf(stderr, "Compilation failed\n");
+      return 1;
    }
 
    free(file_contents);