diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java
index 7b05f4a41b..cc5809773a 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ public class Check {
 
     private long lastDebugEvent;
 
+    private boolean isRepositoryConsistent;
+
     private Check(Builder builder) {
         this.path = builder.path;
         this.mmap = builder.mmap;
@@ -349,6 +351,7 @@ public class Check {
         this.err = builder.errWriter;
         this.journal = journalPath(builder.path, builder.journal);
         this.revisionsCount = revisionsToCheckCount(builder.revisionsCount);
+        this.isRepositoryConsistent = true;
     }
 
     private static File journalPath(File segmentStore, File journal) {
@@ -390,7 +393,11 @@ public class Check {
                 repoStatistics.headPropertyCount = headPropertyCount;
             }
 
-            return 0;
+            if (isRepositoryConsistent) {
+                return 0;
+            } else {
+                return 1;
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace(err);
             return 1;
@@ -436,6 +443,7 @@ public class Check {
             print("\nOverall");
             printOverallRevision(result.getOverallRevision());
         } else {
+            isRepositoryConsistent = false;
             print("No good revision found");
         }
     }