diff --git a/handlers/rsync.in b/handlers/rsync.in
index ab73051d28316f963641c3d7fa0726be519e9384..ab6496fb6624765fbd823c69d2010e90fd9ecd7c 100644
--- a/handlers/rsync.in
+++ b/handlers/rsync.in
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ for SECTION in $include; do
   $nice $rsync $rsync_options $filelist_flag $excludes $batch_option $orig $dest_path | tee -a $log
 
   if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    warning "Rsync error when trying to transfer $SECTION"
+    fatal "Rsync error when trying to transfer $SECTION"
   fi
 
   update_metadata