diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 91a9226026..0b8c1b2657 100755
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def main(vmcls):
     exitcode = 0
     if vm.ssh(*cmd) != 0:
         exitcode = 3
-    if exitcode != 0 and args.interactive:
+    if args.interactive:
         vm.ssh()
 
     if not args.snapshot: