diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el10-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el10-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index 3e3c3c13..ca07be2a 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el10-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el10-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" -o "uncompressed" = "$(get
     else
         mount -t tmpfs disklessroot /sysroot
     fi
-    extract_untethered_rootimg || return 1
+    extract_untethered_rootimg
 else
     TETHERED=1
     mount -o discard /dev/zram0 /mnt/overlay
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index 1df5f015..1cac0588 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" -o "uncompressed" = "$(get
     else
         mount -t tmpfs disklessroot /sysroot
     fi
-    extract_untethered_rootimg || return 1
+    extract_untethered_rootimg
 else
     TETHERED=1
     mount -o discard /dev/zram0 /mnt/overlay
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index 64ca8c78..df23007f 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu20.04-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ elif grep -q confluent_imagemethod=uncompressed /proc/cmdline; then
     mount -t tmpfs disklessroot /sysroot
 fi
 if [ "$TETHERED" = 0 ]; then
-    extract_untethered_rootimg || return 1
+    extract_untethered_rootimg
 elif [ ! -f /tmp/mountparts.sh ]; then
     mkdir -p /mnt/overlay/upper /mnt/overlay/work
     mount -t overlay -o upperdir=/mnt/overlay/upper,workdir=/mnt/overlay/work,lowerdir=/mnt/remote disklessroot /sysroot