diff --git a/test/evp_test.c b/test/evp_test.c
index 25bae20380563e000e3126e33cf0a7db4bbee4a8..abb51384e877bf33e02d6dc4bbf0acf9e1c4a1aa 100644
--- a/test/evp_test.c
+++ b/test/evp_test.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static int cipher_test_parse(EVP_TEST *t, const char *keyword,
             else if (strcmp(value, "FALSE") == 0)
                 cdat->tag_late = 0;
             else
-                return 0;
+                return -1;
             return 1;
         }
     }
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int cipher_test_parse(EVP_TEST *t, const char *keyword,
         else if (strcmp(value, "DECRYPT") == 0)
             cdat->enc = 0;
         else
-            return 0;
+            return -1;
         return 1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static int mac_test_parse(EVP_TEST *t,
     if (strcmp(keyword, "Algorithm") == 0) {
         mdata->alg = OPENSSL_strdup(value);
         if (!mdata->alg)
-            return 0;
+            return -1;
         return 1;
     }
     if (strcmp(keyword, "Input") == 0)
@@ -1292,9 +1292,9 @@ static int pderive_test_parse(EVP_TEST *t,
     if (strcmp(keyword, "PeerKey") == 0) {
         EVP_PKEY *peer;
         if (find_key(&peer, value, public_keys) == 0)
-            return 0;
+            return -1;
         if (EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(kdata->ctx, peer) <= 0)
-            return 0;
+            return -1;
         return 1;
     }
     if (strcmp(keyword, "SharedSecret") == 0)
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ static int digestsigver_test_parse(EVP_TEST *t,
     }
     if (strcmp(keyword, "Ctrl") == 0) {
         if (mdata->pctx == NULL)
-            return 0;
+            return -1;
         return pkey_test_ctrl(t, mdata->pctx, value);
     }
     return 0;