diff --git a/hack/verify-godeps.sh b/hack/verify-godeps.sh
index b03826e7449..057da6b1536 100755
--- a/hack/verify-godeps.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-godeps.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _kubetmp="${_kubetmp}/kubernetes"
 # Do all our work in the new GOPATH
 export GOPATH="${_tmpdir}"
 
-pushd "${_kubetmp}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
+pushd "${_kubetmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
   # Restore the Godeps into our temp directory
   hack/godep-restore.sh
 
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ pushd "${_kubetmp}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
   # Recreate the Godeps using the nice clean set we just downloaded
   hack/godep-save.sh
-popd 2>&1 > /dev/null
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 ret=0
 
-pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
+pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
   # Test for diffs
   if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr --ignore-matching-lines='^\s*\"GoVersion\":' --ignore-matching-line='^\s*\"GodepVersion\":' --ignore-matching-lines='^\s*\"Comment\":' Godeps/Godeps.json ${_kubetmp}/Godeps/Godeps.json)"; then
     echo "Your Godeps.json is different:" >&2
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" 2>&1 > /dev/null
     fi
     ret=1
   fi
-popd 2>&1 > /dev/null
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-if [[ ${ret} > 0 ]]; then
+if [[ ${ret} -gt 0 ]]; then
   exit ${ret}
 fi