diff --git a/src/bin/edje/edje_external_inspector.c b/src/bin/edje/edje_external_inspector.c
--- a/src/bin/edje/edje_external_inspector.c
+++ b/src/bin/edje/edje_external_inspector.c
@@ -614,9 +614,12 @@
 
    ecore_app_no_system_modules();
 
-   ecore_init();
-   eina_init();
-   edje_init();
+   if (!eina_init())
+     {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Eina init failed\n");
+        ret = 1;
+        goto error_eina;
+     }
 
    _log_dom = eina_log_domain_register
        ("edje_external_inspector", EINA_COLOR_YELLOW);
@@ -628,6 +631,13 @@
         goto error_log;
      }
 
+   if (!ecore_init())
+     {
+        ERR("Ecore init failed");
+        ret = 1;
+        goto error_ecore;
+     }
+
    arg_index = ecore_getopt_parse(&optdesc, values, argc, argv);
    if (arg_index < 0)
      {
@@ -638,6 +648,13 @@
    else if (quit_option)
      goto error_getopt;
 
+   if (!edje_init())
+     {
+        ERR("Edje init failed");
+        ret = 1;
+        goto error_getopt;
+     }
+
    if (!mode) mode = (char *)mode_choices[0];
 
    if (detail_name)
@@ -669,12 +686,14 @@
 
    free(module_patterns_str);
 
+   edje_shutdown();
 error_getopt:
+   ecore_shutdown();
+error_ecore:
    eina_log_domain_unregister(_log_dom);
 error_log:
-   edje_shutdown();
-   ecore_shutdown();
    eina_shutdown();
+error_eina:
 
    return ret;
 }