diff --git a/apps/encoder.c b/apps/encoder.c
index b00f4f75fdc85f3dc72e6ad1a0a9568e70e2a60d..f64986ec84806593f683db4f9412aa275b7ede47 100644
--- a/apps/encoder.c
+++ b/apps/encoder.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too low number of ISM channels specified!\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1530,6 +1531,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     {
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too high number of ISM channels!\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1537,6 +1539,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "Error: Number of ISM channels not specified!\n\n" );
                 usage_enc();
+                return false;
             }
             if ( i < argc - 4 )
             {
@@ -1556,7 +1559,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     default:
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: MASA channels must be 1 or 2.\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
-                        break;
+                        return false;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1581,6 +1584,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: not enough arguments\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1593,6 +1597,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "Error: not enough MASA arguments\n\n" );
                 usage_enc();
+                return false;
             }
         }
         else if ( strcmp( to_upper( argv[i] ), "-ISM_SBA" ) == 0 )
@@ -1611,6 +1616,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too low number of ISM channels specified!\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1622,6 +1628,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     {
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too high number of ISM channels!\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1629,6 +1636,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "Error: Number of ISM channels not specified!\n\n" );
                 usage_enc();
+                return false;
             }
 
             if ( i < argc - 4 )
@@ -1680,6 +1688,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: not enough arguments\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
         }