diff --git a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
index 1f683f8d185..48f98522bbd 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hook() {
 
 	if [ -z "$distfiles" -a -z "$checksum" ]; then
 		mkdir -p $wrksrc
-		exit 0
+		return 0
 	fi
 
 	# Check that distfiles are there before anything else.