diff --git a/tool/run/power_on/qemu b/tool/run/power_on/qemu
index 50c8eacb6b..e5d4130af1 100644
--- a/tool/run/power_on/qemu
+++ b/tool/run/power_on/qemu
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ proc run_power_on { } {
 		if {[check_version $qemu_version $qemu_good_old $qemu_good_new]} {
 			puts "\nYour Qemu version '$qemu_version' is not working with AMD SVM virtualisation"
 			puts "Known good Qemu versions are until $qemu_good_old and starting with $qemu_good_new\n"
-			exit
+			exit 1
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tool/run/run b/tool/run/run
index 586bf61092..5676b9dae6 100755
--- a/tool/run/run
+++ b/tool/run/run
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ proc have_installed {program} {
 #
 proc requires_installation_of {program} {
 	if {![have_installed $program]} {
-		puts "Run script aborted because $program is not installed"; exit
+		puts "Run script aborted because $program is not installed"; exit 1
 	}
 }