diff --git a/util/ego/share/makewlen.c b/util/ego/share/makewlen.c
index a26dc8908..a20d9fdf3 100644
--- a/util/ego/share/makewlen.c
+++ b/util/ego/share/makewlen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 main()
 {
 	printf("#define WORDLENGTH %d\n",sizeof(int) * 8);
+	exit(0);
 }