diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index e52eb81ae..09ebca9f6 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1826,7 +1826,11 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.client = rpc.client.JSONRPCClient(args.server_addr, args.port, args.timeout, log_level=getattr(logging, args.verbose.upper()))
     if hasattr(args, 'func'):
-        call_rpc_func(args)
+        try:
+            call_rpc_func(args)
+        except JSONRPCException as ex:
+            print(ex)
+            exit(1)
     elif sys.stdin.isatty():
         # No arguments and no data piped through stdin
         parser.print_help()