diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b5d921dd9..09faebaae0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ endif
 # I set a breakpoint"
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib -type f -name 'libpthread*.so*' | \
-		xargs $(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_DEBUG) || true
+		xargs -r $(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_DEBUG)
 endif
 
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc