diff --git a/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.32.ebuild b/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.32.ebuild
index 3f6d78b938974..c1be1343480d6 100644
--- a/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.32.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.32.ebuild
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# Provide kernel sources
 	pushd src/VBox/Additions &>/dev/null || die
 	ebegin "Extracting guest kernel module sources"
-	kmk GuestDrivers-src vboxguest-src vboxsf-src vboxvideo-src &>/dev/null || die
-	eend
+	kmk GuestDrivers-src vboxguest-src vboxsf-src vboxvideo-src &>/dev/null
+	eend $? || die
 	popd &>/dev/null || die
 
 	# PaX fixes (see bug #298988)
diff --git a/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.34.ebuild b/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.34.ebuild
index fcfdeb066010c..a456cbc829095 100644
--- a/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.34.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions/virtualbox-guest-additions-6.1.34.ebuild
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# Provide kernel sources
 	pushd src/VBox/Additions &>/dev/null || die
 	ebegin "Extracting guest kernel module sources"
-	kmk GuestDrivers-src vboxguest-src vboxsf-src vboxvideo-src &>/dev/null || die
-	eend
+	kmk GuestDrivers-src vboxguest-src vboxsf-src vboxvideo-src &>/dev/null
+	eend $? || die
 	popd &>/dev/null || die
 
 	# PaX fixes (see bug #298988)