diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl b/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
index 5ce6ea20358..4530a73c28d 100644
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ sub check_webdotbase {
         if(-e "data/webdot/.htaccess") {
             open HTACCESS, "data/webdot/.htaccess";
             if(! grep(/png/,<HTACCESS>)) {
-                print "Dependency graph images are not accessible.\nDelete data/webdot/.htaccess and re-run checksetup.pl to rectify.\n";
+                return "Dependency graph images are not accessible.\nDelete data/webdot/.htaccess and re-run checksetup.pl to rectify.\n";
             }
             close HTACCESS;
         }