diff --git a/hack/e2e.go b/hack/e2e.go
index 4a828d588ba..4c3cb8eef48 100644
--- a/hack/e2e.go
+++ b/hack/e2e.go
@@ -146,21 +146,21 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	failure := false
+	success := true
 	switch {
 	case *ctlCmd != "":
 		ctlArgs := strings.Fields(*ctlCmd)
 		os.Setenv("KUBE_CONFIG_FILE", "config-test.sh")
-		failure = !finishRunning("'kubectl "+*ctlCmd+"'", exec.Command(path.Join(versionRoot, "cluster/kubectl.sh"), ctlArgs...))
+		success = finishRunning("'kubectl "+*ctlCmd+"'", exec.Command(path.Join(versionRoot, "cluster/kubectl.sh"), ctlArgs...))
 	case *test:
-		failure = Test()
+		success = Test()
 	}
 
 	if *down {
 		TearDown()
 	}
 
-	if failure {
+	if !success {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }