diff --git a/test/lvm-utils.sh b/test/lvm-utils.sh
index 39d52fdfb..6c00084f4 100644
--- a/test/lvm-utils.sh
+++ b/test/lvm-utils.sh
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ vg_validate_pvlv_counts_()
 
 	lvs -a -o+devices $local_vg
 
-	check_vg_field_ $local_vg pv_count $num_pvs &&
-	check_vg_field_ $local_vg lv_count $num_lvs &&
-	check_vg_field_ $local_vg snap_count $num_snaps
+	check_vg_field_ $local_vg pv_count $num_pvs && \
+	  check_vg_field_ $local_vg lv_count $num_lvs && \
+	  check_vg_field_ $local_vg snap_count $num_snaps
 }
 
 dmsetup_has_dm_devdir_support_()
diff --git a/test/t-000-basic.sh b/test/t-000-basic.sh
index c70a7f8bc..ed76a6fc8 100755
--- a/test/t-000-basic.sh
+++ b/test/t-000-basic.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ lvm pvmove --version|sed -n "1s/.*: *\([0-9][^ ]*\) .*/\1/p" > actual
 # ensure they are the same
 diff -u actual expected
 
-mknod $DM_DEV_DIR/null c 1 3 ||
+mknod $DM_DEV_DIR/null c 1 3 || \
   error "Can't create nodes on filesystem"
-echo >$DM_DEV_DIR/null || 
+echo >$DM_DEV_DIR/null || \
   error "Filesystem for tests does not allow using device nodes (check nodev)"
 
 # ensure we can create devices (uses dmsetup, etc)
diff --git a/test/t-pvmove-basic.sh b/test/t-pvmove-basic.sh
index cc2145b2b..44b533c9b 100755
--- a/test/t-pvmove-basic.sh
+++ b/test/t-pvmove-basic.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ lv_is_on_() {
 }
 
 save_dev_sum_() {
-  mkfs.ext3 $1 > /dev/null &&
-  md5sum $1 > md5.$(basename $1)
+  mkfs.ext3 $1 > /dev/null && md5sum $1 > md5.$(basename $1)
 }
 
 check_dev_sum_() {
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ check_and_cleanup_lvs_() {
   lvs -a -o name $vg > out && ! grep ^pvmove out
   lvremove -ff $vg
 	if ! dmsetup table|not grep $vg; then
-		echo "ERROR: lvremove did leave some some mappings in DM behind!" &&
-		return 1
+		echo "ERROR: lvremove did leave some some mappings in DM behind!" && \
+			return 1
 	fi
 	:
 }