diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index 29cb923e75..c956d8b760 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ make cmake CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/dist"
 make
 echo "Running tests with valgrind..."
 if ! make test > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	failed=$(ls src/testdir/valgrind.*)
+	failed=$(ls src/testdir/valgrind.* || true)
 	if [ -n "$failed" ]; then
 		echo "Memory leak detected" >&2 
 		cat src/testdir/valgrind.*