diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/utils/parallel/retry.pl b/egs/wsj/s5/utils/parallel/retry.pl
index a039d6f5a74..618e9fb01bc 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/utils/parallel/retry.pl
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/utils/parallel/retry.pl
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ sub get_log_file {
       # Later on we might want to figure out which array jobs failed
       # and have to be rerun, but for now we just die.
       print STDERR "$0: job failed and log file $log_file does not exist (array job?).\n";
-      exit($return_status)
     } else {
       rename($log_file, $log_file . ".bak");
       print STDERR "$0: job failed; renaming log file to ${log_file}.bak and rerunning\n";