diff --git a/target/start-mailserver.sh b/target/start-mailserver.sh
index c7fc4b7b..e0e1eaa5 100644
--- a/target/start-mailserver.sh
+++ b/target/start-mailserver.sh
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ function _fix_var_mail_permissions() {
 		chown -R 5000:5000 /var/mail
 	else
 		notify 'inf' "Permissions in /var/mail look OK"
+		return 0
 	fi
 }
 ##########################################################################