diff --git a/sbin/hastd/hastd.c b/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
index 4acce3b72f04..eccce470901f 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ descriptors_assert(const struct hast_resource *res, int pjdlogmode)
 			snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
 			    "Unable to fstat descriptor %d: %s", fd,
 			    strerror(errno));
+			break;
 		}
 		if (fd == STDIN_FILENO || fd == STDOUT_FILENO ||
 		    fd == STDERR_FILENO) {