diff --git a/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh b/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
index 02bfc6a..002dc3c 100755
--- a/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
+++ b/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ t_Log "Running $0 -  Verifying that grub2-efi is correctly signed with correct c
 if [ "$centos_ver" = "7" ] ; then
   t_InstallPackage pesign grub2-efi
   pesign --show-signature --in /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grubx64.efi|grep -q 'Red Hat Inc.'
-  t_CheckExitStatus 0
+  t_CheckExitStatus $?
 else
   t_log "previous versions than CentOS 7 aren't using secureboot ... skipping"
   exit 0
diff --git a/tests/p_shim/01_shim_secureboot_signed.sh b/tests/p_shim/01_shim_secureboot_signed.sh
index ce7c2d6..81e45ec 100755
--- a/tests/p_shim/01_shim_secureboot_signed.sh
+++ b/tests/p_shim/01_shim_secureboot_signed.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ t_Log "Running $0 -  Verifying that shim.efi is correctly signed with correct ce
 if [ "$centos_ver" = "7" ] ; then
   t_InstallPackage pesign shim
   pesign --show-signature --in /boot/efi/EFI/centos/shim.efi|grep -q 'Red Hat Inc.'
-  t_CheckExitStatus 0
+  t_CheckExitStatus $?
 else
   t_log "previous versions than CentOS 7 aren't using shim/secureboot ... skipping"
   exit 0