diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 5bfda269ec..87135b92fd 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ foreach my $testnum (@runtests) {
             elsif(!$anyway) {
                 # a test failed, abort
                 logmsg "\n - abort tests\n";
-                last;
+                last nexttest;
             }
         }
         elsif(!$error) {