diff --git a/actions/recipe_action.go b/actions/recipe_action.go
index 9fa3b1c9..6887f1ef 100644
--- a/actions/recipe_action.go
+++ b/actions/recipe_action.go
@@ -125,11 +125,17 @@ func (recipe *RecipeAction) Run(context *debos.DebosContext) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (recipe *RecipeAction) Cleanup(context *debos.DebosContext) error {
+func (recipe *RecipeAction) Cleanup(context *debos.DebosContext) (err error) {
 	for _, a := range recipe.Actions.Actions {
-		if err := a.Cleanup(&recipe.context); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		defer func(action debos.Action) {
+			cleanup_err := action.Cleanup(context)
+
+			/* Cannot bubble multiple errors, so check for an error locally and
+			 * return a generic error if the child recipe failed to cleanup. */
+			if defer_exitcode := debos.CheckError(context, cleanup_err, action, "Cleanup"); defer_exitcode != 0 {
+				err = errors.New("Child recipe failed")
+			}
+		}(a)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -145,11 +151,17 @@ func (recipe *RecipeAction) PostMachine(context *debos.DebosContext) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (recipe *RecipeAction) PostMachineCleanup(context *debos.DebosContext) error {
+func (recipe *RecipeAction) PostMachineCleanup(context *debos.DebosContext) (err error) {
 	for _, a := range recipe.Actions.Actions {
-		if err := a.PostMachineCleanup(&recipe.context); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		defer func(action debos.Action) {
+			cleanup_err := action.PostMachineCleanup(context)
+
+			/* Cannot bubble multiple errors, so check for an error locally and
+			 * return a generic error if the child recipe failed to cleanup. */
+			if defer_exitcode := debos.CheckError(context, cleanup_err, action, "PostMachineCleanup"); defer_exitcode != 0 {
+				err = errors.New("Child recipe failed")
+			}
+		}(a)
 	}
 
 	return nil