diff --git a/test/runner b/test/runner
index 03bdf83..4176ecf 100755
--- a/test/runner
+++ b/test/runner
@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@ while read spec; do
   ../tools/xspec/bin/xspec.sh "$spec" 2>&1 \
     | process-results
 
-  if [ $? -ne 0 -o ${PIPESTATUS[1]} -ne 0 ]; then
-    status=1
-  fi
+  test ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -eq 0 -a ${PIPESTATUS[1]} -eq 0 \
+    || status=1
 
   spec_path="$( dirname "$spec" )/xspec"
   result="$spec_path/$( basename "$spec" .xspec )-result.html"