diff --git a/pbx/pbx_ael.c b/pbx/pbx_ael.c
index 5c36db3439..5291518899 100644
--- a/pbx/pbx_ael.c
+++ b/pbx/pbx_ael.c
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ static int pbx_load_module(void)
 	} else {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Sorry, but %d syntax errors and %d semantic errors were detected. It doesn't make sense to compile.\n", errs, sem_err);
 		destroy_pval(parse_tree); /* free up the memory */
-		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE;
+		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
 	}
 	destroy_pval(parse_tree); /* free up the memory */