diff --git a/coreapi/lpc2xml.c b/coreapi/lpc2xml.c
index fbdb471ba..3180243d3 100644
--- a/coreapi/lpc2xml.c
+++ b/coreapi/lpc2xml.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static void processSection_cb(const char *entry, struct __processSectionCtx *ctx
 		
 		if (lp_config_get_skip_flag_for_entry(ctx->ctx->lpc, ctx->section, entry)) {
 			lpc2xml_log(ctx->ctx, LPC2XML_WARNING, "Skipped entry %s", entry);
+			ctx->ret = 0;
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ static void processConfig_cb(const char *section, struct __processConfigCtx *ctx
 		
 		if (lp_config_get_skip_flag_for_section(ctx->ctx->lpc, section)) {
 			lpc2xml_log(ctx->ctx, LPC2XML_WARNING, "Skipped section %s", section);
+			ctx->ret = 0;
 			return;
 		}
 		
diff --git a/tools/lpc2xml_test.c b/tools/lpc2xml_test.c
index b52ecbb51..ffb17f05b 100644
--- a/tools/lpc2xml_test.c
+++ b/tools/lpc2xml_test.c
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	lpc = lp_config_new(argv[2]);
 	if(strcmp("convert", argv[1]) == 0 && argc == 4) {
 		ctx = lpc2xml_context_new(cb_function, NULL);
-		lpc2xml_convert_file(ctx, argv[3]);
 		lpc2xml_set_lpc(ctx, lpc);
+		lpc2xml_convert_file(ctx, argv[3]);
 		lpc2xml_context_destroy(ctx);
 	} else if (strcmp("dump", argv[1]) == 0 && argc == 3) {
 		char *dump = lp_config_dump_as_xml(lpc);