diff --git a/bash/sources/16_keystore b/bash/sources/16_keystore
index 205a635..f8bb249 100644
--- a/bash/sources/16_keystore
+++ b/bash/sources/16_keystore
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ function _kstoredec {
 	fi
 
 	openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -k "$_AUTH_SECRET" -a -A
+	_code=$?
+	if [ $_code -ne 0 ]; then
+		_AUTH_SECRET=
+		return $_code
+	fi
 }
 
 function _kstoresecret-auto {