1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/commands/cat.c b/commands/cat.c
index d6f9b7a6f9..da34996b54 100644
--- a/commands/cat.c
+++ b/commands/cat.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static int do_cat(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int argc, char *argv[])
 	while (args < argc) {
 		fd = open(argv[args], O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0) {
+			err = 1;
 			printf("could not open %s: %s\n", argv[args], errno_str());
 			goto out;
 		}