diff --git a/scripts/pkg.sh b/scripts/pkg.sh
index adeeb062..1e213c87 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkg.sh
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ upload_pkg()
 	scm_commit -m "Release $v@`platform`" $TOPDIR/RELEASES $TOPDIR/HASH
 	if [ "$SCM" = git ]; then
 		# Don't use extra options, they might contain -l
-		JW_PKG_SSH_EXTRA_OPTS="" git push || true
+		JW_PKG_SSH_EXTRA_OPTS="" git push || fatal "Failed to push changes to RELEASES and HASH"
 	fi
 }