diff --git a/include/vendor.sh b/include/vendor.sh
index 3204654b..ceea429a 100644
--- a/include/vendor.sh
+++ b/include/vendor.sh
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ extract_intel_me_bruteforce()
 		cdir="$1"; [ "${cdir#/a}" != "$cdir" ] && cdir="${cdir#/}"
 		cd "$cdir" || :
 	done
-	)
+	) || :
 	rm -Rf "$sdir" || $err "extract_intel_me: !rm -Rf $sdir - $dontflash"
 }