diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..fe9ca595df 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig)
+  .then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)))
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  });
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..fe9ca595df 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig)
+  .then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)))
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  });