diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/format_cpp.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/format_cpp.sh
index 4e7ebb5c4..6755e396a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/format_cpp.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/format_cpp.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -o pipefail
+set -e -o pipefail
 
 find ./compiler/{include,lib,src} -iregex '^.*\.\(cpp\|cc\|h\|hpp\)$' | xargs clang-format -i -style='file'
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-    exit 1
-fi
 
 # show changes if any
 git --no-pager diff