diff --git a/dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/files/cuda-config.in b/dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/files/cuda-config.in
index ca0d1d77e1075..10db7dd08b76d 100644
--- a/dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/files/cuda-config.in
+++ b/dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/files/cuda-config.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ case ${1} in
 		;;
 	-h|--help)
 		_print_help
-		exit -1
+		exit 255
 		;;
 	*)
 		_print_help