diff --git a/config/deb.am b/config/deb.am
index e405547aa..83059a923 100644
--- a/config/deb.am
+++ b/config/deb.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ deb-kmod: deb-local rpm-kmod
 	arch=`$(RPM) -qp $${name}-kmod-$${version}.src.rpm --qf %{arch} | tail -1`; \
 	debarch=`$(DPKG) --print-architecture`; \
 	pkg1=kmod-$${name}*$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
-	fakeroot $(ALIEN) --bump=0 --scripts --to-deb --target=$$debarch $$pkg1; \
+	fakeroot $(ALIEN) --bump=0 --scripts --to-deb --target=$$debarch $$pkg1 || exit 1; \
 	$(RM) $$pkg1
 
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ deb-dkms: deb-local rpm-dkms
 	arch=`$(RPM) -qp $${name}-dkms-$${version}.src.rpm --qf %{arch} | tail -1`; \
 	debarch=`$(DPKG) --print-architecture`; \
 	pkg1=$${name}-dkms-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
-	fakeroot $(ALIEN) --bump=0 --scripts --to-deb --target=$$debarch $$pkg1; \
+	fakeroot $(ALIEN) --bump=0 --scripts --to-deb --target=$$debarch $$pkg1 || exit 1; \
 	$(RM) $$pkg1
 
 deb-utils: deb-local rpm-utils
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ deb-utils: deb-local rpm-utils
 	pkg5=libzpool2-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
 	pkg6=libzfs2-devel-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
 	pkg7=$${name}-test-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
-	pkg8=$${name}-dracut-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
+	pkg8=$${name}-dracut-$${version}.noarch.rpm; \
 	pkg9=$${name}-initramfs-$${version}.$${arch}.rpm; \
 	pkg10=`ls python*-pyzfs-$${version}* | tail -1`; \
 ## Arguments need to be passed to dh_shlibdeps. Alien provides no mechanism
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ deb-utils: deb-local rpm-utils
 	env PATH=$${path_prepend}:$${PATH} \
 	fakeroot $(ALIEN) --bump=0 --scripts --to-deb --target=$$debarch \
 	    $$pkg1 $$pkg2 $$pkg3 $$pkg4 $$pkg5 $$pkg6 $$pkg7 \
-	    $$pkg8 $$pkg9 $$pkg10; \
+	    $$pkg8 $$pkg9 $$pkg10 || exit 1; \
 	$(RM) $${path_prepend}/dh_shlibdeps; \
 	rmdir $${path_prepend}; \
 	$(RM) $$pkg1 $$pkg2 $$pkg3 $$pkg4 $$pkg5 $$pkg6 $$pkg7 \