diff --git a/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/scripts/local.sh b/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/scripts/local.sh
index 708733713d3..b5eeb92f56f 100644
--- a/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/scripts/local.sh
+++ b/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/scripts/local.sh
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ check_ctdb_tdb_statd_state ()
     ctdb_catdb_format_pairs | {
 	ok
 	simple_test_command ctdb catdb ctdb.tdb
-    } || test_fail
+    } || exit $?
 }
 
 check_statd_callout_smnotify ()
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ EOF
     done | {
 	ok
 	simple_test_event "notify"
-    } || test_fail
+    } || exit $?
 }
 
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