diff --git a/sdks/python/scripts/run_pytest.sh b/sdks/python/scripts/run_pytest.sh
index cd8b8b74c5dc..6c7d5c46e78e 100755
--- a/sdks/python/scripts/run_pytest.sh
+++ b/sdks/python/scripts/run_pytest.sh
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ pytest -o junit_suite_name=${envname}_no_xdist \
   --junitxml=pytest_${envname}_no_xdist.xml -m 'no_xdist' ${pytest_args} --pyargs ${posargs}
 status2=$?
 
-# Exit with error if no tests were run (status code 5).
+# Exit with error if no tests were run in either suite (status code 5).
 if [[ $status1 == 5 && $status2 == 5 ]]; then
   exit $status1
 fi
 
 # Exit with error if one of the statuses has an error that's not 5.
-if [[ $status1 && $status1 != 5 ]]; then
+if [[ $status1 != 0 && $status1 != 5 ]]; then
   exit $status1
 fi
-if [[ $status2 && $status2 != 5 ]]; then
+if [[ $status2 != 0 && $status2 != 5 ]]; then
   exit $status2
 fi