diff --git a/releng/run_all_releng b/releng/run_all_releng
index 052be129..aa63294f 100755
--- a/releng/run_all_releng
+++ b/releng/run_all_releng
@@ -5,11 +5,30 @@
 
 set -e
 
+SELF=$(basename "$0")
+GEN_DATA_DIR=releng_generated_data
+CLOG=${GEN_DATA_DIR}/log.${SELF}
+PASSED_OPTIONS="$@"
+RELENG_XORRISO=
+CLEANUP_LOG=0
+
 not_in_releng_exit() {
   printf "\nPlease execute the tests from releng directory.\n\n"
   exit 1
 }
 
+# To catch the exit value of a command in a pipe
+return_value_file="$GEN_DATA_DIR"/run_all_"$$"_return_value
+return_wrapper()
+{
+ cmd="$1"
+ shift 1
+ "$cmd" "$@"
+ RET="$?"
+ echo "$RET" >"$return_value_file"
+ return "$RET"
+}
+
 # Using only bash builtin commands.
 # On 4 year old amd64 x2 3000 MHz, xterm local,it counts 22471 lines per second
 # On 2 year old amd64 x4 2600 MHz, ssh remote, it counts 35348 lines per second
@@ -39,20 +58,12 @@ if [ ! -f inc/releng_getopts.inc ]; then
   not_in_releng_exit
 fi
 
-SELF=$(basename "$0")
-GEN_DATA_DIR=releng_generated_data
-CLOG=${GEN_DATA_DIR}/log.${SELF}
-PASSED_OPTIONS="$@"
-RELENG_XORRISO=
-CLEANUP_LOG=0
-
 #############################################
 next_is=
 for i in "$@"
 do
   if test "$next_is" = "ignore"
-  then
-       dummy=dummy
+  then :
   elif test "$next_is" = "x"
   then
        RELENG_XORRISO="$i"
@@ -117,8 +128,12 @@ fi
     | tee -a ${CLOG}
     T1=`date '+%s'`
     set +e
-    ./${s} ${PASSED_OPTIONS} 2>&1 | count_lines >> ${CLOG}
-    RET=$?
+
+    return_wrapper ./${s} ${PASSED_OPTIONS} 2>&1 | count_lines >> ${CLOG}
+    RET=$(cat "$return_value_file")
+    rm "$return_value_file"
+#   echo "RET='$RET'" >/dev/tty
+
     T2=`date '+%s'`
     let TS="${T2} - ${T1}"
     case ${RET} in