diff --git a/src/cartesi-machine.lua b/src/cartesi-machine.lua
index 7fdb94153..b438c3fb2 100755
--- a/src/cartesi-machine.lua
+++ b/src/cartesi-machine.lua
@@ -1461,6 +1461,12 @@ local function check_rollup_htif_config(htif)
     assert(htif.yield_automatic, "yield automatic must be enabled for rollup")
 end
 
+local function get_halt(machine)
+    local cmd = machine:read_htif_tohost_cmd()
+    local data = machine:read_htif_tohost_data() >> 1 -- lsb is always 1
+    return cmd, data
+end
+
 local function get_yield(machine)
     local cmd = machine:read_htif_tohost_cmd()
     local data = machine:read_htif_tohost_data()
@@ -1698,7 +1704,8 @@ else
         cycles = machine:read_mcycle()
         -- deal with halt
         if machine:read_iflags_H() then
-            exit_code = machine:read_htif_tohost_data() >> 1
+            local _, data = get_halt(machine)
+            exit_code = data
             if exit_code ~= 0 then
                 stderr("\nHalted with payload: %u\n", exit_code)
             else