diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
index e5822cee58..19863c059d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ python do_fetch() {
             except urllib.error.URLError as e:
                 cve_f.write('Warning: CVE db update error, Unable to fetch CVE data.\n\n')
                 bb.warn("Failed to fetch CVE data (%s)" % e.reason)
-                return
+                break
 
             if response:
                 for l in response.read().decode("utf-8").splitlines():
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ python do_fetch() {
                         break
                 else:
                     bb.warn("Cannot parse CVE metadata, update failed")
-                    return
+                    break
 
             # Compare with current db last modified date
             c.execute("select DATE from META where YEAR = ?", (year,))
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ python do_fetch() {
                 except urllib.error.URLError as e:
                     cve_f.write('Warning: CVE db update error, CVE data is outdated.\n\n')
                     bb.warn("Cannot parse CVE data (%s), update failed" % e.reason)
-                    return
+                    break
             else:
                 bb.debug(2, "Already up to date (last modified %s)" % last_modified)
             # Update success, set the date to cve_check file.