diff --git a/cmdline/snapraid.c b/cmdline/snapraid.c
index f29320ae..3b99f672 100644
--- a/cmdline/snapraid.c
+++ b/cmdline/snapraid.c
@@ -1863,11 +1863,11 @@ int snapraid_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 		if (opt.gui_threshold_removes != 0 && state.removed_files > opt.gui_threshold_removes) {
 			log_fatal(EUSER, "Too many files were removed (%u, limit is %u). Sync aborted.\n", state.removed_files, opt.gui_threshold_removes);
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			exit(EXIT_SYNC_NEEDED);
 		}
 		if (opt.gui_threshold_updates != 0 && state.updated_files > opt.gui_threshold_updates) {
 			log_fatal(EUSER, "Too many files were updated (%u, limit is %u). Sync aborted.\n", state.updated_files, opt.gui_threshold_updates);
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			exit(EXIT_SYNC_NEEDED);
 		}
 
 		/* refresh the size info before the content write */