diff --git a/avocado/core/result.py b/avocado/core/result.py
index 252868ad07de573f9684da47436e893c97cdf0ad..638bb1a116b4f860e3114f5e0c33b7519820839c 100644
--- a/avocado/core/result.py
+++ b/avocado/core/result.py
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ class TestResult(object):
                                self.failed + self.warned +
                                self.skipped + self.interrupted)
         other_skipped_count = self.tests_total - valid_results_count
-        self.skipped += other_skipped_count
+        if other_skipped_count > 0:
+            self.skipped += other_skipped_count
+        else:
+            self.tests_total -= other_skipped_count
 
     def start_tests(self):
         """
diff --git a/selftests/unit/test_jsonresult.py b/selftests/unit/test_jsonresult.py
index 07aab48cc1d67859ccd51d8d3d676b8e6f1a8ac2..93ae79887aee03c08069985bedd33a8a4f5fdade 100644
--- a/selftests/unit/test_jsonresult.py
+++ b/selftests/unit/test_jsonresult.py
@@ -85,5 +85,20 @@ class JSONResultTest(unittest.TestCase):
         check_item("[skip]", res["skip"], 4)
         check_item("[total]", res["total"], 13)
 
+    def testNegativeStatus(self):
+        def check_item(name, value, exp):
+            self.assertEqual(value, exp, "Result%s is %s and not %s\n%s"
+                             % (name, value, exp, res))
+
+        self.test_result.tests_total = 0
+        self.test_result.start_test(self.test1)
+        self.test_result.check_test(self.test1.get_state())
+        self.test_result.end_tests()
+        res = json.loads(self.test_result.json)
+        check_item("[total]", res["total"], 1)
+        check_item("[skip]", res["skip"], 0)
+        check_item("[pass]", res["pass"], 1)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()