diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
index d9f0c6ae68..c77321e778 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
@@ -1673,7 +1673,6 @@ func (r *resolver) checkPackageProblems(ctx context.Context, pkgPatterns []strin
 			base.Error(err)
 		}
 	}
-	base.ExitIfErrors()
 }
 
 // reportChanges logs version changes to os.Stderr.