diff --git a/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh b/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh
index 963f2ca35b194c95a07056d281c8695d270ab3d9..ac6f91cffee98391d0ed1a03f3c6312fb3ea01bd 100755
--- a/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh
+++ b/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ make clean
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	echo "Error: expected ls failure"
 	exit 1
-else
-	exit 0
 fi
 
 # verify grep failure
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	echo "Error: expected grep failure"
 	exit 1
-else
-	exit 0
 fi
 
+exit 0
+