diff --git a/tests/fate-run.sh b/tests/fate-run.sh
index 0cf31e9477..c61852caa6 100755
--- a/tests/fate-run.sh
+++ b/tests/fate-run.sh
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ if test -e "$ref" || test $cmp = "oneline" || test $cmp = "grep" ; then
     cmperr=$?
     test $err = 0 && err=$cmperr
     if [ "$report_type" = "ignore" ]; then
-        test $err = 0 || echo "IGNORE  fate-${test}" && err=0
+        test $err = 0 || echo "IGNORE  fate-${test}" && err=0 && unset sig
     else
         test $err = 0 || cat $cmpfile
     fi