diff --git a/backends/p4tools/common/compiler/compiler_target.cpp b/backends/p4tools/common/compiler/compiler_target.cpp
index d8c99e08b7..22bdecc6d9 100644
--- a/backends/p4tools/common/compiler/compiler_target.cpp
+++ b/backends/p4tools/common/compiler/compiler_target.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ P4::FrontEnd CompilerTarget::mkFrontEnd() const { return {}; }
 MidEnd CompilerTarget::mkMidEnd(const CompilerOptions &options) const {
     MidEnd midEnd(options);
     midEnd.addDefaultPasses();
+    midEnd.setStopOnError(true);
     return midEnd;
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/p4tools/modules/testgen/targets/bmv2/bmv2.cpp b/backends/p4tools/modules/testgen/targets/bmv2/bmv2.cpp
index ea1f858b2c..b132781e38 100644
--- a/backends/p4tools/modules/testgen/targets/bmv2/bmv2.cpp
+++ b/backends/p4tools/modules/testgen/targets/bmv2/bmv2.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ CompilerResultOrError Bmv2V1ModelCompilerTarget::runCompilerImpl(
     /// After the front end, get the P4Runtime API for the V1model architecture.
     auto p4runtimeApi = P4::P4RuntimeSerializer::get()->generateP4Runtime(program, "v1model");
 
+    if (::errorCount() > 0) {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
     program = runMidEnd(program);
     if (program == nullptr) {
         return std::nullopt;