diff --git a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
index 90724d42d6..d992dfd103 100644
--- a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
+++ b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_xml_cdr_load)
 	/* parse the config */
 	if (!(xml = switch_xml_open_cfg(cf, &cfg, NULL))) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Open of %s failed\n", cf);
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_TERM;
+		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	}
 
 	if ((settings = switch_xml_child(cfg, "settings"))) {