diff --git a/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c b/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
index b7296edc6626..0f0c61ec21ca 100644
--- a/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 				"ERROR: incorrect format, newline required line %d: '%s'\n",
 				line_nr, line);
 			ec = -1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		for (type_idx = 0; file_handler_table[type_idx].type; type_idx++) {