diff --git a/cmd/mb-main.go b/cmd/mb-main.go
index cf10db04f3..8087b82ead 100644
--- a/cmd/mb-main.go
+++ b/cmd/mb-main.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func mainMakeBucket(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 				errorIf(err.Trace(targetURL), "Unable to make bucket `%s`.", targetURL)
 			}
 			cErr = exitStatus(globalErrorExitStatus)
-			continue
+			break
 		}
 
 		if cliCtx.Bool("with-versioning") {