diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
index 698484898..6a2ea6e75 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaSave) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 	isObfuscate := fsMetaSaveCommand.Bool("obfuscate", false, "obfuscate the file names")
 	// chunksFileName := fsMetaSaveCommand.String("chunks", "", "output all the chunks to this file")
 	if err = fsMetaSaveCommand.Parse(args); err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 
 	path, parseErr := commandEnv.parseUrl(findInputDirectory(fsMetaSaveCommand.Args()))