diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 472b673f5..6b6aec7d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -853,7 +853,8 @@ check_0:
 	  | build_tools/gnu_parallel -j$(J) --plain --joblog=LOG $$eta --gnu  $(parallel_com) ; \
 	parallel_retcode=$$? ; \
 	awk '{ if ($$7 != 0 || $$8 != 0) { if ($$7 == "Exitval") { h = $$0; } else { if (!f) print h; print; f = 1 } } } END { if(f) exit 1; }' < LOG ; \
-	if [ $$parallel_retcode -ne 0 ] ; then exit 1 ; fi
+	awk_retcode=$$?; \
+	if [ $$parallel_retcode -ne 0 ] || [ $$awk_retcode -ne 0 ] ; then exit 1 ; fi
 
 valgrind-exclude-regexp = InlineSkipTest.ConcurrentInsert|TransactionStressTest.DeadlockStress|DBCompactionTest.SuggestCompactRangeNoTwoLevel0Compactions|BackupableDBTest.RateLimiting|DBTest.CloseSpeedup|DBTest.ThreadStatusFlush|DBTest.RateLimitingTest|DBTest.EncodeDecompressedBlockSizeTest|FaultInjectionTest.UninstalledCompaction|HarnessTest.Randomized|ExternalSSTFileTest.CompactDuringAddFileRandom|ExternalSSTFileTest.IngestFileWithGlobalSeqnoRandomized|MySQLStyleTransactionTest.TransactionStressTest