diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/command/MQAdminStartup.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/command/MQAdminStartup.java
index 517be4ebb7146a1ea778af291c472d13cb2282b0..d3342e818dd969598c9cc84bb3f420189aca61bf 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/command/MQAdminStartup.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/command/MQAdminStartup.java
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public class MQAdminStartup {
                             ServerUtil.parseCmdLine("mqadmin " + cmd.commandName(), subargs, cmd.buildCommandlineOptions(options),
                                 new PosixParser());
                         if (null == commandLine) {
-                            System.exit(-1);
                             return;
                         }