diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/cpu-on-off-test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/cpu-on-off-test.sh
index 98b1d6565f2ca78c50bd473aeb4a8a8b1f4b22ef..e5666dd366edf0dd988067b4a02fadba389d210d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/cpu-on-off-test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/cpu-on-off-test.sh
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ online_cpu_expect_success()
 
 	if ! online_cpu $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected fail >&2
+		exit 1
 	elif ! cpu_is_online $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected offline >&2
+		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +102,10 @@ online_cpu_expect_fail()
 
 	if online_cpu $cpu 2> /dev/null; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected success >&2
+		exit 1
 	elif ! cpu_is_offline $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected online >&2
+		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -111,8 +115,10 @@ offline_cpu_expect_success()
 
 	if ! offline_cpu $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected fail >&2
+		exit 1
 	elif ! cpu_is_offline $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected offline >&2
+		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -122,8 +128,10 @@ offline_cpu_expect_fail()
 
 	if offline_cpu $cpu 2> /dev/null; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected success >&2
+		exit 1
 	elif ! cpu_is_online $cpu; then
 		echo $FUNCNAME $cpu: unexpected offline >&2
+		exit 1
 	fi
 }