diff --git a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
index 45395d1ea..cb5ba76b1 100644
--- a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ bool cmIfCommand::InvokeInitialPass(
     conditionEvaluator.IsTrue(expandedArguments, errorString, status);
 
   if (!errorString.empty()) {
-    std::string err = cmIfCommandError(expandedArguments);
+    std::string err = "if " + cmIfCommandError(expandedArguments);
     err += errorString;
     if (status == cmake::FATAL_ERROR) {
-      this->SetError(err);
+      this->Makefile->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, err);
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
-      return false;
+      return true;
     } else {
       this->Makefile->IssueMessage(status, err);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 95ca0e2b8..75d57b5dd 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -254,9 +254,10 @@ bool cmMakefile::ExecuteCommand(const cmListFileFunction& lff,
         this->PrintCommandTrace(lff);
       }
       // Try invoking the command.
-      if (!pcmd->InvokeInitialPass(lff.Arguments, status) ||
-          status.GetNestedError()) {
-        if (!status.GetNestedError()) {
+      bool invokeSucceeded = pcmd->InvokeInitialPass(lff.Arguments, status);
+      bool hadNestedError = status.GetNestedError();
+      if (!invokeSucceeded || hadNestedError) {
+        if (!hadNestedError) {
           // The command invocation requested that we report an error.
           this->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, pcmd->GetError());
         }