diff --git a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_client.c b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_client.c
index 1220c17b61..6a7d484abb 100644
--- a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_client.c
+++ b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_client.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ int main(void)
              if (size < 0)
                {
                   printf("got a message claiming < 0 size payload!\n");
-                  continue;
+                  exit(-1);
                }
              len = recv(s, msgbuf, size, 0);
              printf("size of received message: %d\n", len);