1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
index a19a6d6d8c..5658f733f4 100644
--- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ static int pci_ivshmem_init(PCIDevice *dev)
 
         if (s->shmobj == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Must specify 'chardev' or 'shm' to ivshmem\n");
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("using shm_open (shm object = %s)\n", s->shmobj);