diff --git a/bin/tests/system/padding/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/padding/tests.sh
index f20ba0b2e6..ef6b2cf0e7 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/padding/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/padding/tests.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ getcookie() {
 echo_i "checking that dig handles padding ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 grep "; QUERY SIZE: 128" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that padding is added for TCP responses ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 grep "rcvd: 128" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that padding is added to valid cookie responses ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.testc
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.testc || ret=1
 cookie=$(getcookie dig.out.testc)
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie=$cookie +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie=$cookie +padding=128 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 grep "rcvd: 128" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that padding must be requested (TCP) ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null && ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that padding must be requested (valid cookie) ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie=$cookie foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +cookie=$cookie foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null && ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that padding can be filtered out ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc +padding=128 -b 10.53.0.8 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +vc +padding=128 -b 10.53.0.8 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n >/dev/null && ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ nextpart ns2/named.stats >/dev/null
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 stats
 wait_for_log_peek 5 "--- Statistics Dump ---" ns2/named.stats || ret=1
 opad=$(nextpart ns2/named.stats | awk '/EDNS padding option received/ { print $1}')
-$DIG $DIGOPTS foo.example @10.53.0.3 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS foo.example @10.53.0.3 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 stats
 wait_for_log_peek 5 "--- Statistics Dump ---" ns2/named.stats || ret=1
 npad=$(nextpart ns2/named.stats | awk '/EDNS padding option received/ { print $1}')
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ nextpart ns2/named.stats >/dev/null
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 stats
 wait_for_log_peek 5 "--- Statistics Dump ---" ns2/named.stats || ret=1
 opad=$(nextpart ns2/named.stats | awk '/EDNS padding option received/ { print $1}')
-$DIG $DIGOPTS foo.example @10.53.0.4 >dig.out.test$n
+$DIG $DIGOPTS foo.example @10.53.0.4 >dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 stats
 wait_for_log_peek 5 "--- Statistics Dump ---" ns2/named.stats || ret=1
 npad=$(nextpart ns2/named.stats | awk '/EDNS padding option received/ { print $1}')
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ status=$((status + ret))
 echo_i "checking that zero-length padding option has no effect ($n)"
 ret=0
 n=$((n + 1))
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +ednsopt=12 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n.1
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +ednsopt=12 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n.1 || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n.1 >/dev/null || ret=1
-$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +ednsopt=12:00 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n.2
+$DIG $DIGOPTS +qr +ednsopt=12:00 foo.example @10.53.0.2 >dig.out.test$n.2 || ret=1
 grep "; PAD" dig.out.test$n.2 >/dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))