diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-codegen b/bin/cdist-object-codegen
index 6a8549f3..ba704693 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-codegen
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-codegen
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ cat << eof
 
 eof
 
-[ -x "$gencode" ] || __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$gencode" "$__cdist_object_id"
+[ -x "$gencode" ] && __cdist_exec_fail_on_error "$gencode" "$__cdist_object_id"