diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
index 57acd2d9bfd51..f2fd373bf6cc0 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ private[hive] class SparkSQLCLIDriver extends CliDriver with Logging {
             val ignoreErrors = HiveConf.getBoolVar(conf, HiveConf.ConfVars.CLIIGNOREERRORS)
             if (ret != 0 && !ignoreErrors) {
               CommandProcessorFactory.clean(conf.asInstanceOf[HiveConf])
-              ret
+              return ret
             }
           }
         }