diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 7300d0702efe213731381e7106b39a30fc9dd4ce..436d2e81868beab35afbe3904c9b10657cfbdbfb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm  map_hugetlb thuge-gen
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 run_tests: all
-	/bin/sh ./run_vmtests
+	@/bin/sh ./run_vmtests || echo "vmtests: [FAIL]"
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm  map_hugetlb