diff --git a/data/liveinst/liveinst b/data/liveinst/liveinst
index f42b1e713c6..dfc335fd687 100755
--- a/data/liveinst/liveinst
+++ b/data/liveinst/liveinst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
     xhost +si:localuser:root
     unset XAUTHORITY
     pkexec "$0" "$@"
+    exit $?
 fi
 
 # pkexec clears DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS from environment