diff --git a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
index 12cd67acd..5265f29f0 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ fn get_size(size_str_opt: Option<String>) -> Option<u64> {
         .or_else(|| {
             if let Some(size) = size_str_opt {
                 show_error!("invalid file size: {}", size.quote());
+                // TODO: replace with our error management
                 std::process::exit(1);
             }
             None
@@ -578,7 +579,8 @@ fn wipe_name(orig_path: &Path, verbose: bool, remove_method: RemoveMethod) -> Op
                         new_path.quote(),
                         e
                     );
-                    return None;
+                    // TODO: replace with our error management
+                    std::process::exit(1);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs b/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
index 03aeef0c4..8dfd403b7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_shred.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore wipesync
 
 use crate::common::util::TestScenario;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_invalid_arg() {
@@ -163,3 +164,26 @@ fn test_shred_empty() {
 
     assert!(!at.file_exists(file_a));
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(all(unix, feature = "chmod"))]
+fn test_shred_fail_no_perm() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    let dir = "dir";
+
+    let file = "test_shred_remove_a";
+
+    let binding = Path::new("dir").join(file);
+    let path = binding.to_str().unwrap();
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+    at.touch(path);
+    scene.ccmd("chmod").arg("a-w").arg(dir).succeeds();
+
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg("-uv")
+        .arg(path)
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("Couldn't rename to");
+}