diff --git a/plugins/time/chrony b/plugins/time/chrony
index d58b3e05..917e8b3e 100755
--- a/plugins/time/chrony
+++ b/plugins/time/chrony
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ fieldnames="Stratum (=System Time (seconds,x=Frequency (ppm,x=Residual Freq (ppm
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
 	if [ -n "$CHRONYC" ] && [ -x "$CHRONYC" ]; then
 		echo yes
-		exit 0
 	else
-		echo "no (no $CHRONYC)"
-		exit 1
+		echo "no (missing 'chronyc' executable)"
 	fi
+	exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then