diff --git a/src/egl/egl-entrypoint-check b/src/egl/egl-entrypoint-check
index 3bf69b22755..e20b374454c 100755
--- a/src/egl/egl-entrypoint-check
+++ b/src/egl/egl-entrypoint-check
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 
 entrypoints=$(grep EGL_ENTRYPOINT "$srcdir"/main/eglentrypoint.h)
 sorted=$(sort <<< "$entrypoints")
diff --git a/src/glx/tests/dispatch-index-check b/src/glx/tests/dispatch-index-check
index baa09c5bd93..244634131f6 100755
--- a/src/glx/tests/dispatch-index-check
+++ b/src/glx/tests/dispatch-index-check
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 
 # extract enum definition
 dispatch_list=$(sed '/__GLXdispatchIndex/,/__GLXdispatchIndex/!d' \