diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index 28f7aa83ba4e6b60882227a2670a69c27c8d76ca..c531ee74d7fde55c5ac52edb3949fb824954e750 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,10 @@ int fit_image_verify(const void *fit, int image_noffset)
 					strlen(FIT_SIG_NODENAME))) {
 			ret = fit_image_check_sig(fit, noffset, data,
 							size, -1, &err_msg);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
 				puts("- ");
+				goto error;
+			}
 			else
 				puts("+ ");
 		}