diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7501944b9a..c36a97812a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -s $(TOOLS) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
 endif
 	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)"
-	for x in bios.bin vgabios.bin vgabios-cirrus.bin ppc_rom.bin \
+	set -e; for x in bios.bin vgabios.bin vgabios-cirrus.bin ppc_rom.bin \
 		video.x openbios-sparc32 pxe-ne2k_pci.bin \
 		pxe-rtl8139.bin pxe-pcnet.bin; do \
 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/$$x "$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)"; \
 	done
 ifndef CONFIG_WIN32
 	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/keymaps"
-	for x in $(KEYMAPS); do \
+	set -e; for x in $(KEYMAPS); do \
 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(SRC_PATH)/keymaps/$$x "$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/keymaps"; \
 	done
 endif
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ FILE = qemu-$(VERSION)
 tar:
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(FILE)
 	cp -r . /tmp/$(FILE)
-	( cd /tmp ; tar zcvf ~/$(FILE).tar.gz $(FILE) --exclude CVS )
+	cd /tmp && tar zcvf ~/$(FILE).tar.gz $(FILE) --exclude CVS
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(FILE)
 
 # generate a binary distribution
 tarbin:
-	( cd / ; tar zcvf ~/qemu-$(VERSION)-$(ARCH).tar.gz \
+	cd / && tar zcvf ~/qemu-$(VERSION)-$(ARCH).tar.gz \
 	$(bindir)/qemu \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc64 \
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ tarbin:
         $(datadir)/pxe-pcnet.bin \
 	$(docdir)/qemu-doc.html \
 	$(docdir)/qemu-tech.html \
-	$(mandir)/man1/qemu.1 $(mandir)/man1/qemu-img.1 )
+	$(mandir)/man1/qemu.1 $(mandir)/man1/qemu-img.1
 
 # Include automatically generated dependency files
 -include $(wildcard *.d audio/*.d slirp/*.d)