diff --git a/poky-init-build-env b/poky-init-build-env
index 70ed59731d..2fce740790 100755
--- a/poky-init-build-env
+++ b/poky-init-build-env
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 if test x"$0" = x"./poky-init-build-env"; then
    echo "Error: Run via '. ./poky-init-build-env'"
-   exit 1
+   return
 fi
 
 . ./scripts/poky-env-internal