diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c

index d836e68..6d4b40b 100644

--- a/src/readelf.c

+++ b/src/readelf.c

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ toomany(struct magic_set *ms, const char *name, uint16_t num)

 {

 	if (file_printf(ms, ", too many %s (%u)", name, num) == -1)

 		return -1;

-	return 0;

+	return 1;

 }

 private uint16_t