diff --git a/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c b/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
index 6291c3b787..03947d87bc 100644
--- a/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucommandutiltest.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ mymain(void)
                                      "server.2.type=tcp,"
                                      "server.2.host=example.com");
 
-    return ret;
-
+    return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
 VIR_TEST_MAIN(mymain)
diff --git a/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c b/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
index 2e76af3d0c..6d0443876c 100644
--- a/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
+++ b/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ mymain(void)
                  TC " filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: protocol all u32 match u32 0 0 "
                  "police rate 5kbps burst 7kb mtu 64kb drop flowid :1\n"));
 
-    return ret;
+    return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
 VIR_TEST_MAIN_PRELOAD(mymain, VIR_TEST_MOCK("virnetdevbandwidth"))