diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 83eef0a82d9..6e41b3b6b15 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ cmd_modversions =							\
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
-cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
+cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";