Index: usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
+++ usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
@@ -1217,11 +1217,7 @@
 
 # Fetch compare upstream tag (tag.new) to tag on disk
 fetch_compare_new_tag_to_current_tag () {
-	if [ -f tag.new -a -f tag ] && cmp -s tag.new tag; then
-		return 0
-	else
-		return 1
-	fi
+	[ -f tag.new -a -f tag ] && cmp -s tag.new tag
 }
 
 # Check that we have a public key with an appropriate hash, or