diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index c344090e1..0eeef490a 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ while getopts ":b" opt; do
         BATCHSIZE=$OPTARG
       else
         echo "Batch size must be a number greater than 0"
+        exit 1
       fi
       ;;
     \? ) echo "Usage: cmd [-b]"