diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
index 9ec11fac7d8d..34e2c6e31fd1 100755
--- a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ "$(basename $2)" = "zImage" ]; then
 # Compressed install
   echo "Installing compressed kernel"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/install.sh b/arch/arm64/boot/install.sh
index 9b7a09808a3d..cc2f4ccca6c0 100755
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/install.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ "$(basename $2)" = "Image.gz" ] || [ "$(basename $2)" = "vmlinuz.efi" ]
 then
 # Compressed install
diff --git a/arch/m68k/install.sh b/arch/m68k/install.sh
index af65e16e5147..b6829b3942b3 100755
--- a/arch/m68k/install.sh
+++ b/arch/m68k/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ -f $4/vmlinuz ]; then
 	mv $4/vmlinuz $4/vmlinuz.old
 fi
diff --git a/arch/nios2/boot/install.sh b/arch/nios2/boot/install.sh
index 34a2feec42c8..1161f2bf59ec 100755
--- a/arch/nios2/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/nios2/boot/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ -f $4/vmlinuz ]; then
 	mv $4/vmlinuz $4/vmlinuz.old
 fi
diff --git a/arch/parisc/install.sh b/arch/parisc/install.sh
index 933d031c249a..664c2d77f776 100755
--- a/arch/parisc/install.sh
+++ b/arch/parisc/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ "$(basename $2)" = "vmlinuz" ]; then
 # Compressed install
   echo "Installing compressed kernel"
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/install.sh b/arch/riscv/boot/install.sh
index a8df7591513a..4b3d8bf91cc6 100755
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/install.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 case "${2##*/}" in
 # Compressed install
 Image.*|vmlinuz.efi)
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/install.sh b/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
index a13dd2f2aa1c..fa41486258ee 100755
--- a/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 echo "Warning: '${INSTALLKERNEL}' command not available - additional " \
      "bootloader config required" >&2
 if [ -f "$4/vmlinuz-$1" ]; then mv -- "$4/vmlinuz-$1" "$4/vmlinuz-$1.old"; fi
diff --git a/arch/sparc/boot/install.sh b/arch/sparc/boot/install.sh
index 4f130f3f30d6..68de67c5621e 100755
--- a/arch/sparc/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/sparc/boot/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ -f $4/vmlinuz ]; then
 	mv $4/vmlinuz $4/vmlinuz.old
 fi
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/install.sh b/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
index 0849f4b42745..93784abcd66d 100755
--- a/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #   $3 - kernel map file
 #   $4 - default install path (blank if root directory)
 
+set -e
+
 if [ -f $4/vmlinuz ]; then
 	mv $4/vmlinuz $4/vmlinuz.old
 fi