diff --git a/src/hostinfo.py b/src/hostinfo.py
index 78bddd1c32d33d2b2c89ae8709c69fad29588c76..0e56101841e862190900e0e1de398edc81f854d6 100755
--- a/src/hostinfo.py
+++ b/src/hostinfo.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if options.role_holder:
         who = hostinfo.role.holder(tree, options.role_holder)
         print who
-        pass
+        sys.exit(0)
         
     if options.yp:
         for (f, c) in hostinfo.yp.generate(tree, options.yp_auto_domain):