1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 972382f9b7..166c6aeeca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ all: update_submodules all-recursive
 
 update_submodules:
 	if test -d ".git"; then \
-		git submodule update --init --recursive; \
+		git submodule update --init --recursive || exit 1; \
 	fi
 
 top_srcdir=.