diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index b2ae280..38d26fb 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@
 				rpath=$$(python3 -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.relpath(*(sys.argv[1:])))' $(TARGET_KERNEL_EXT_MODULE_ROOT) $(KERNEL_SRC)); \
 				$(foreach p, $(TARGET_KERNEL_EXT_MODULES),\
 					$$pwd; \
-					$(call make-external-module-target,$(p),$$rpath,); \
-					$(call make-external-module-target,$(p),$$rpath,INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(MODULES_INTERMEDIATES) INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 KERNEL_UAPI_HEADERS_DIR=$(KERNEL_OUT) modules_install)); \
+					$(call make-external-module-target,$(p),$$rpath,) || exit "$$?";  \
+					$(call make-external-module-target,$(p),$$rpath,INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(MODULES_INTERMEDIATES) INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 KERNEL_UAPI_HEADERS_DIR=$(KERNEL_OUT) modules_install)) || exit "$$?"; \
 			) \
 			kernel_release=$$(cat $(KERNEL_RELEASE)) \
 			kernel_modules_dir=$(MODULES_INTERMEDIATES)/lib/modules/$$kernel_release \