diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index c00bb73a..a07763f9 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ def configinstall_onehost(host, args, mode, parallel):
         # Do not care in sequential mode, catch in parallel mode
         if not parallel:
             raise
+        else:
+            return False
 
     return True