diff --git a/bbfdm/tools/bbfdm.sh b/bbfdm/tools/bbfdm.sh
index 9f5b47cc3..81efeb23e 100755
--- a/bbfdm/tools/bbfdm.sh
+++ b/bbfdm/tools/bbfdm.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ bbfdm_install_dm()
 	if [ "${src##*.}" = "json" ]; then
 		echo "Compacting BBFDM JSON file"
 		minfile=$(mktemp)
-		jq -c 'del(..|.description?)' ${src} > ${minfile}
+		if ! jq -c 'del(..|.description?)' ${src} > ${minfile}; then
+			echo "Compression of json input file (${src}) failed"
+			rm "${minfile}"
+			exit 1
+		fi
 
 		if [ -n "${VENDOR_EXTN}" ]; then
 			sed -i "s/{BBF_VENDOR_PREFIX}/${VENDOR_EXTN}/g" ${minfile}