1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 12bc80b3e..35778ff1c 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -4426,8 +4426,10 @@ static BC_STATUS zbc_parse_funcdef(BcParse *p)
         s = zbc_lex_next(&p->l);
         if (s) RETURN_STATUS(s);
 
-        if (p->l.t.t != BC_LEX_LBRACE)
+        if (p->l.t.t != BC_LEX_LBRACE) {
                 s = zbc_POSIX_requires("the left brace be on the same line as the function header");
+                if (s) RETURN_STATUS(s);
+        }
 
         // Prevent "define z()<newline>" from being interpreted as function with empty stmt as body
         s = zbc_lex_skip_if_at_NLINE(&p->l);