diff --git a/test/suites/api/run b/test/suites/api/run
index 02e92b0..8688e0f 100755
--- a/test/suites/api/run
+++ b/test/suites/api/run
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ run_test() {
     else
         $test_runner $suite_builddir/${test_name%.c} \
             >$test_log/stdout \
-            2>$test_log/stderr
+            2>$test_log/stderr \
+            || return 1
         valgrind_check $test_log/stderr || return 1
     fi
 }