diff --git a/app-crypt/tpm2-openssl/tpm2-openssl-1.1.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/tpm2-openssl/tpm2-openssl-1.1.0.ebuild
index ac786eeec1..036fbb971d 100644
--- a/app-crypt/tpm2-openssl/tpm2-openssl-1.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/tpm2-openssl/tpm2-openssl-1.1.0.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_install() {
 	default
-	find ${ED} -iname \*.la -delete
+	find ${ED} -iname \*.la -delete || die
 
 	# No libtool files are install, so nothing to check for bug #833887
 }