* from a sufficiently high clock (32 kHz is usually too slow)
                                 */
                                if (arm7_9->fast_memory_access)
-                                       arm7_9_execute_fast_sys_speed(target);
+                                       retval = arm7_9_execute_fast_sys_speed(target);
                                else
-                                       arm7_9_execute_sys_speed(target);
+                                       retval = arm7_9_execute_sys_speed(target);
+                               if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+                                       return retval;
 
                                arm7_9->read_core_regs_target_buffer(target, reg_list, buffer, 4);
 
 
 
        arm9tdmi_clock_out(jtag_info, arm_opcode, 0, NULL, 0);
        arm9tdmi_clock_out(jtag_info, ARMV4_5_NOP, 0, NULL, 1);
-       arm7_9_execute_sys_speed(target);
+       retval = arm7_9_execute_sys_speed(target);
+       if (retval != ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
        
        if ((retval = jtag_execute_queue()) != ERROR_OK)
        {