diff --git a/ipa-client/ipa-getkeytab.c b/ipa-client/ipa-getkeytab.c
index 15255d6a3..a006b78a8 100644
--- a/ipa-client/ipa-getkeytab.c
+++ b/ipa-client/ipa-getkeytab.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
     ret = init_gettext();
     if (ret) {
-        exit(1);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load translations\n");
     }
 
 	krberr = krb5_init_context(&krbctx);