diff --git a/libclamav/yara_grammar.c b/libclamav/yara_grammar.c
index 2f896c2382..1a31398681 100644
--- a/libclamav/yara_grammar.c
+++ b/libclamav/yara_grammar.c
@@ -3649,6 +3649,8 @@ YYSTYPE yylval YY_INITIAL_VALUE (= yyval_default);
       }
 # undef YYSYNTAX_ERROR
 #endif
+      /*Exit out, no reason to continue parsing, since we have already found errors.*/
+      goto yyreturn;
     }