diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs
index 91ab9691bee..66ab3ac82a7 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs
@@ -124,12 +124,10 @@ runProgramInvocation verbosity
   } = do
     pathOverride <- getExtraPathEnv envOverrides extraPath
     menv <- getEffectiveEnvironment (envOverrides ++ pathOverride)
-    exitCode <- rawSystemIOWithEnv verbosity
+    maybeExit $ rawSystemIOWithEnv verbosity
                                    path args
                                    mcwd menv
                                    Nothing Nothing Nothing
-    when (exitCode /= ExitSuccess) $
-      exitWith exitCode
 
 runProgramInvocation verbosity
   ProgramInvocation {
diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
index eb87215bd7b..2680707f411 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectConfig.hs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ import Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs
          ( PathTemplate, fromPathTemplate
          , toPathTemplate, substPathTemplate, initialPathTemplateEnv )
 import Distribution.Simple.Utils
-         ( die', warn, notice, info, createDirectoryIfMissingVerbose, rawSystemIOWithEnv )
+         ( die', warn, notice, info, createDirectoryIfMissingVerbose, maybeExit, rawSystemIOWithEnv )
 import Distribution.Client.Utils
          ( determineNumJobs )
 import Distribution.Utils.NubList
@@ -1193,8 +1193,7 @@ syncAndReadSourcePackagesRemoteRepos verbosity
         -- Run post-checkout-command if it is specified
         for_ repoGroupWithPaths $ \(repo, _, repoPath) ->
             for_ (nonEmpty (srpCommand repo)) $ \(cmd :| args) -> liftIO $ do
-                exitCode <- rawSystemIOWithEnv verbosity cmd args (Just repoPath) Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
-                unless (exitCode == ExitSuccess) $ exitWith exitCode
+                maybeExit $ rawSystemIOWithEnv verbosity cmd args (Just repoPath) Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
 
         -- But for reading we go through each 'SourceRepo' including its subdir
         -- value and have to know which path each one ended up in.