diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
index d0012288f5e88..2ea63d02b7548 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ int compile(const std::vector<StringPiece>& args) {
   }
 
   if (!archiveWriter) {
-    return false;
+    return 1;
   }
 
   bool error = false;