1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 7e470096..e502c0d1 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
         if (server_address == NULL)
                 usage4 (_("You must provide a server address"));
         else if (server_address[0] != '/' && is_host (server_address) == FALSE)
-                die (STATE_UNKNOWN, "%s %s - %s: %s\n", SERVICE, state_text(STATE_UNKNOWN), _("Invalid hostname, address or socket"), server_address);
+                die (STATE_CRITICAL, "%s %s - %s: %s\n", SERVICE, state_text(STATE_CRITICAL), _("Invalid hostname, address or socket"), server_address);
 
         return TRUE;
 }