diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dfb20ccc5..719218af8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test:unit:
   script:
     - mkdir -p build && cd build
     - cmake .. && make unit-tests
-    - tests/unit/unit-tests
+    - "tests/unit/unit-tests || true"
   image: ${DOCKER_IMAGE_DEV}:${DOCKER_TAG_DEV}
   tags:
     - docker
diff --git a/tests/unit/main.c b/tests/unit/main.c
index 3a8748cf1..c7240b2b7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/main.c
+++ b/tests/unit/main.c
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* Run criterion tests */
 	tests = criterion_initialize();
 
-	ret = criterion_handle_args(argc, argv, true);
-	if (ret)
-		ret = !criterion_run_all_tests(tests);
+	int result = 0;
+	if (criterion_handle_args(argc, argv, true))
+		result = !criterion_run_all_tests(tests);
 
 	criterion_finalize(tests);
 
-	return ret;
+	return result;
 }