diff --git a/make-release b/make-release
index 85e85d9f0..3225b0474 100755
--- a/make-release
+++ b/make-release
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 HV="$1" emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l ./make-release.el || exit
 
 echo cvs ci -m \"Release $1\" configure.in ChangeLog
-cvs ci -m "Release $1" configure.in ChangeLog
+cvs ci -m "Release $1" configure.in ChangeLog || exit 1
 v=`echo $1 | sed 's/\(.\)\.\(.\)\(.\)/\1-\2-\3/'`
 echo cvs rtag $rev heimdal-$v heimdal
-cvs rtag $rev heimdal-$v heimdal
+cvs rtag $rev heimdal-$v heimdal || exit 1