diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_enable_disable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_enable_disable.tc
index f29236defb5a..61e2c8b54d9a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_enable_disable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_enable_disable.tc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ test_simple_monitor() {
     grep -q "$monitor$" enabled_monitors
 
     echo 0 > "monitors/$prefix$monitor/enable"
-    ! grep -q "$monitor$" enabled_monitors
+    ! grep -q "$monitor$" enabled_monitors || false
 
     echo "$monitor" >> enabled_monitors
     grep -q 1 "monitors/$prefix$monitor/enable"
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ test_container_monitor() {
 	test -n "$nested"
 
     echo 0 > "monitors/$monitor/enable"
-    ! grep -q "^$monitor$" enabled_monitors
+    ! grep -q "^$monitor$" enabled_monitors || false
 
     for nested_dir in "monitors/$monitor"/*; do
         [ -d "$nested_dir" ] || continue
         nested=$(basename "$nested_dir")
-        ! grep -q "^$monitor:$nested$" enabled_monitors
+        ! grep -q "^$monitor:$nested$" enabled_monitors || false
     done
 
     echo "$monitor" >> enabled_monitors
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ for monitor_dir in monitors/*; do
     fi
 done
 
-! echo non_existent_monitor > enabled_monitors
-! grep -q "^non_existent_monitor$" enabled_monitors
+! echo non_existent_monitor > enabled_monitors || false
+! grep -q "^non_existent_monitor$" enabled_monitors || false
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_reactor.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_reactor.tc
index 2958bf849338..516a20971390 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_reactor.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_monitor_reactor.tc
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ done
 
 monitor=$(ls /sys/kernel/tracing/rv/monitors -1 | head -n 1)
 test -f "monitors/$monitor/reactors"
-! echo non_existent_reactor > "monitors/$monitor/reactors"
-! grep -q "\\[non_existent_reactor\\]" "monitors/$monitor/reactors"
+! echo non_existent_reactor > "monitors/$monitor/reactors" || false
+! grep -q "\\[non_existent_reactor\\]" "monitors/$monitor/reactors" || false
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_wwnr_printk.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_wwnr_printk.tc
index 5a59432b1d93..96de95edb530 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_wwnr_printk.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/verification/test.d/rv_wwnr_printk.tc
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ echo printk > monitors/wwnr/reactors
 load
 
 echo 0 > monitoring_on
-! load
+! load || false
 echo 1 > monitoring_on
 
 load
 
 echo 0 > reacting_on
-! load
+! load || false
 echo 1 > reacting_on
 
 echo nop > monitors/wwnr/reactors