diff --git a/etc/ci/update-wpt-checkout b/etc/ci/update-wpt-checkout
index d0ae5c57be0..ca0cd5d0b6b 100755
--- a/etc/ci/update-wpt-checkout
+++ b/etc/ci/update-wpt-checkout
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ function main() {
         if [[ "${code}" == "255" ]]; then
             echo "No changes to sync."
             return 0
+        elif [[ "${code}" != "" ]]; then
+            return "${code}"
         fi
     fi