diff --git a/selinux/setfiles.c b/selinux/setfiles.c
index 02bb911..82e9e53 100644
--- a/selinux/setfiles.c
+++ b/selinux/setfiles.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
 		optind++;
 
 		if (nerr)
-			exit(1);
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
 	if (input_filename) {