diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/wolfssl/files/run-ptest b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/wolfssl/files/run-ptest
index ff66f4ef6c..fd260d441a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/wolfssl/files/run-ptest
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/wolfssl/files/run-ptest
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ echo "Wolfssl ptest logs are stored in ${temp_dir}/${log_file}"
 
 ./test/unit.test > "$temp_dir/$log_file" 2>&1  
 
-echo "Test script returned: $?"
+ret=$?
+
+echo "Test script returned: $ret"
 
 MAGIC_SENTENCE=$(grep "unit_test: Success for all configured tests." $temp_dir/$log_file)
 
@@ -21,4 +23,4 @@ else
 fi
 NUM_FAILS=$(grep -c "Failed" $temp_dir/$log_file)
 
-exit $NUM_FAILS
+exit $ret