diff --git a/apps/encoder.c b/apps/encoder.c
index 1f871381b9229ddde7e54d57a7005145e3aebddd..d0ad408f2f8a77c83875e217e1f7ca71d439c9d4 100644
--- a/apps/encoder.c
+++ b/apps/encoder.c
@@ -1486,6 +1486,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too low number of ISM channels specified!\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1497,6 +1498,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     {
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too high number of ISM channels!\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1504,6 +1506,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "Error: Number of ISM channels not specified!\n\n" );
                 usage_enc();
+                return false;
             }
             if ( i < argc - 4 )
             {
@@ -1523,7 +1526,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     default:
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: MASA channels must be 1 or 2.\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
-                        break;
+                        return false;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1548,6 +1551,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: not enough arguments\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1560,6 +1564,7 @@ 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 )
@@ -1578,6 +1583,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too low number of ISM channels specified!\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1589,6 +1595,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                     {
                         fprintf( stderr, "Error: Too high number of ISM channels!\n\n" );
                         usage_enc();
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1596,6 +1603,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "Error: Number of ISM channels not specified!\n\n" );
                 usage_enc();
+                return false;
             }
 
             if ( i < argc - 4 )
@@ -1647,6 +1655,7 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
                 {
                     fprintf( stderr, "Error: not enough arguments\n\n" );
                     usage_enc();
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
         }