diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index fe446d61d6fb9a57c08fd1bc71ebcd3a4881dfb4..b1f3cc190777710ea57be385cc7f023ddd8f2ffa 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static char *print_object(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt)
 
 	/* Collect all the results into our arrays: */
 	child=item->child;depth++;if (fmt) len+=depth;
-	while (child)
+	while (child&&!fail)
 	{
 		names[i]=str=print_string_ptr(child->string);
 		entries[i++]=ret=print_value(child,depth,fmt);