diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index 9369893ca104..907e02d4085c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -349,8 +349,10 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 				continue;
 
 			ce = intel_context_create(data[m].ce[0]->engine);
-			if (IS_ERR(ce))
+			if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+				err = PTR_ERR(ce);
 				goto out;
+			}
 
 			err = intel_context_pin(ce);
 			if (err) {
@@ -370,8 +372,10 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 
 		worker = kthread_create_worker(0, "igt/parallel:%s",
 					       data[n].ce[0]->engine->name);
-		if (IS_ERR(worker))
+		if (IS_ERR(worker)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(worker);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		data[n].worker = worker;
 	}
@@ -400,8 +404,10 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (igt_live_test_end(&t))
-			err = -EIO;
+		if (igt_live_test_end(&t)) {
+			err = err ?: -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 out: