diff --git a/tools/imx8image.c b/tools/imx8image.c
index 03debe5..019b875 100644
--- a/tools/imx8image.c
+++ b/tools/imx8image.c
@@ -666,8 +666,10 @@
 			}
 
 			ret = fread(&header, sizeof(header), 1, fd);
-			if (ret != 1)
+			if (ret != 1) {
 				printf("Failure Read header %d\n", ret);
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
 
 			fclose(fd);