diff --git a/qa/coccinelle/run_check.sh b/qa/coccinelle/run_check.sh
index da6d410e7c..79ec9cc6f0 100755
--- a/qa/coccinelle/run_check.sh
+++ b/qa/coccinelle/run_check.sh
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ fi
 for SMPL in $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/qa/coccinelle/*.cocci; do
 	echo "Testing cocci file: $SMPL"
 	if command -v parallel >/dev/null; then
-		echo -n $LIST | parallel -d ' ' -j $CONCURRENCY_LEVEL spatch --very-quiet -sp_file $SMPL --undefined UNITTESTS $PREFIX{} || exit 1;
+		echo -n $LIST | parallel -d ' ' -j $CONCURRENCY_LEVEL spatch --very-quiet -sp_file $SMPL --undefined UNITTESTS $PREFIX{} || if [ -z "$NOT_TERMINAL" ]; then exit 1; fi
 	else
 		for FILE in $LIST ; do
-			spatch --very-quiet -sp_file $SMPL --undefined UNITTESTS  $PREFIX$FILE || exit 1;
+			spatch --very-quiet -sp_file $SMPL --undefined UNITTESTS  $PREFIX$FILE || if [ -z "$NOT_TERMINAL" ]; then exit 1; fi
 		done
 	fi
 done