diff --git a/build_library/update_chroot_util.sh b/build_library/update_chroot_util.sh
index e76fbeb365..3fd88e02d8 100644
--- a/build_library/update_chroot_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/update_chroot_util.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ get_versions_from_equery() {
     local equery_cmd="${1}"
     local pkg="${2}"
 
-    "${equery_cmd}" --quiet --no-color list --format='${version} ${fullversion}' "${pkg}"
+    "${equery_cmd}" --quiet --no-color list --format='${version} ${fullversion}' "${pkg}" || :
 }
 
 filter_out_too_new() {