diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
index 555a281445a6..ac05e2c00043 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/_post_process.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [[ ! -s "${REPORT_DIR}/failures" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # exit with failure if report is not empty
-if [[ -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]]; then
+if [[ -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]] && [[ ${ITERATIONS:-1} -eq 1 ]]; then
   rc=1
 fi