diff --git a/test/tenv/lib.sh b/test/tenv/lib.sh
index ab4614ec..4eafab50 100755
--- a/test/tenv/lib.sh
+++ b/test/tenv/lib.sh
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ teardown()
 	fi
 
 	say "Telling Finit to shut down (set -$-) ..."
+	set +e
 	if [ -n "${finit_pid+x}" ]; then
 		texec kill -SIGUSR2 1
 	fi