diff --git a/tests/virsh-self-test b/tests/virsh-self-test
index c51fcf46f5..641810f05f 100755
--- a/tests/virsh-self-test
+++ b/tests/virsh-self-test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $abs_top_builddir/tools/virsh -c $test_url self-test > /dev/null
 status=$?
 test_result 1 "virsh-self-test" $status
 
-if test "$status" = "1" ; then
+if test "$status" != "0" ; then
    fail=1
 fi