--- a/src/conf-yaml-loader.c
+++ b/src/conf-yaml-loader.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ ConfYamlHandleInclude(ConfNode *parent, const char *filename)
     yaml_parser_t parser;
     char include_filename[PATH_MAX];
     FILE *file;
+    int rc;

     if (yaml_parser_initialize(&parser) != 1) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_CONF_YAML_ERROR, "Failed to initialize YAML parser");
@@ -132,26 +133,31 @@ ConfYamlHandleInclude(ConfNode *parent, const char *filename)
             conf_dirname, filename);
     }

+    rc = -1;
+
     file = fopen(include_filename, "r");
     if (file == NULL) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_FOPEN,
             "Failed to open configuration include file %s: %s",
             include_filename, strerror(errno));
-        return -1;
+       goto out;
     }

     yaml_parser_set_input_file(&parser, file);

-    if (ConfYamlParse(&parser, parent, 0) != 0) {
+    if (ConfYamlParse(&parser, parent, 0) == 0) {
+       rc = 0;
+    }
+    else {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_CONF_YAML_ERROR,
             "Failed to include configuration file %s", filename);
-        return -1;
     }

-    yaml_parser_delete(&parser);
     fclose(file);
+out:
+    yaml_parser_delete(&parser);

-    return 0;
+    return rc;
 }

 /**