diff --git a/contrib/elf2dmp/download.c b/contrib/elf2dmp/download.c
index bd7650a7a2..902dc04ffa 100644
--- a/contrib/elf2dmp/download.c
+++ b/contrib/elf2dmp/download.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 int download_url(const char *name, const char *url)
 {
-    int err = 0;
+    int err = 1;
     FILE *file;
     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ int download_url(const char *name, const char *url)
 
     file = fopen(name, "wb");
     if (!file) {
-        err = 1;
         goto out_curl;
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ int download_url(const char *name, const char *url)
             || curl_easy_perform(curl) != CURLE_OK) {
         unlink(name);
         fclose(file);
-        err = 1;
     } else {
         err = fclose(file);
     }
diff --git a/contrib/elf2dmp/main.c b/contrib/elf2dmp/main.c
index cbc38a7c10..9b278f392e 100644
--- a/contrib/elf2dmp/main.c
+++ b/contrib/elf2dmp/main.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void pe_get_pdb_symstore_hash(OMFSignatureRSDS *rsds, char *hash)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    int err = 0;
+    int err = 1;
     QEMU_Elf qemu_elf;
     struct pa_space ps;
     struct va_space vs;
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (pa_space_create(&ps, &qemu_elf)) {
         eprintf("Failed to initialize physical address space\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_elf;
     }
 
@@ -552,7 +551,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     va_space_create(&vs, &ps, state->cr[3]);
     if (fix_dtb(&vs, &qemu_elf)) {
         eprintf("Failed to find paging base\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_elf;
     }
 
@@ -561,7 +559,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (va_space_rw(&vs, state->idt.base,
                 &first_idt_desc, sizeof(first_idt_desc), 0)) {
         eprintf("Failed to get CPU #0 IDT[0]\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_ps;
     }
     printf("CPU #0 IDT[0] -> 0x%016"PRIx64"\n", idt_desc_addr(first_idt_desc));
@@ -586,7 +583,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (!kernel_found) {
         eprintf("Failed to find NT kernel image\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_ps;
     }
 
@@ -600,45 +596,40 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (download_url(PDB_NAME, pdb_url)) {
         eprintf("Failed to download PDB file\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_ps;
     }
 
     if (pdb_init_from_file(PDB_NAME, &pdb)) {
         eprintf("Failed to initialize PDB reader\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_pdb_file;
     }
 
     if (!SYM_RESOLVE(KernBase, &pdb, KdDebuggerDataBlock) ||
             !SYM_RESOLVE(KernBase, &pdb, KdVersionBlock)) {
-        err = 1;
         goto out_pdb;
     }
 
     kdbg = get_kdbg(KernBase, &pdb, &vs, KdDebuggerDataBlock);
     if (!kdbg) {
-        err = 1;
         goto out_pdb;
     }
 
     if (fill_header(&header, &ps, &vs, KdDebuggerDataBlock, kdbg,
             KdVersionBlock, qemu_elf.state_nr)) {
-        err = 1;
         goto out_kdbg;
     }
 
     if (fill_context(kdbg, &vs, &qemu_elf)) {
-        err = 1;
         goto out_kdbg;
     }
 
     if (write_dump(&ps, &header, argv[2])) {
         eprintf("Failed to save dump\n");
-        err = 1;
         goto out_kdbg;
     }
 
+    err = 0;
+
 out_kdbg:
     g_free(kdbg);
 out_pdb: