diff --git a/tools/test/audio/process_test.m b/tools/test/audio/process_test.m
index 493abdb8ec92..63b5a1b3faeb 100644
--- a/tools/test/audio/process_test.m
+++ b/tools/test/audio/process_test.m
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@
 	test.thdnf_max = [];            % Set per component
 	test.dr_db_min = 80;            % Min. DR
 	test.fr_rp_max_db = 0.5;        % Allow 0.5 dB frequency response ripple
+
+	% No need to collect trace
+	test.trace = '';
 end
 
 function test = test_run_process(test)
diff --git a/tools/test/audio/test_utils/test_run.m b/tools/test/audio/test_utils/test_run.m
index d4e78ce9127a..0456bc0af2ad 100644
--- a/tools/test/audio/test_utils/test_run.m
+++ b/tools/test/audio/test_utils/test_run.m
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	test.nch_in = test.nch;
 end
 
-fprintf(fh, '#!/bin/sh\n', test.comp);
+fprintf(fh, '#!/bin/sh\n');
 fprintf(fh, 'COMP=\"%s\"\n', test.comp);
 fprintf(fh, 'DIRECTION=playback\n');
 fprintf(fh, 'BITS_IN=%d\n', test.bits_in);
@@ -92,14 +92,16 @@
 	fprintf(fh, 'XTRUN=\n');
 end
 
-% Override defaults in comp_run.sh
-fprintf(fh, 'VALGRIND=false\n');
 fclose(fh);
 
 arg = sprintf('-t %s', fn_config);
 rcmd = sprintf('%s %s', ex, arg);
 fprintf('Running ''%s''...\n', rcmd);
-system(rcmd);
+ret = system(rcmd);
+if ret
+	error('''%s'' returned status %d\n', rcmd, ret);
+end
+
 delete(fn_config);
 
 end