diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml b/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
index b3bf344f..7a6f9ce9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkpatch
         working-directory: rgbds
         run: |
-          make checkpatch CHECKPATCH=./checkpatch.pl "BASE_REF=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}" Q=
+          make checkpatch CHECKPATCH=./checkpatch.pl "BASE_REF=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}" Q= | tee log
+          if grep -q ERROR: log; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi