diff --git a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
index 90af6a689..9c90b0a9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ jobs:
             FAIL=$(sed -n "s/.*# FAIL: \(.*\)/\1/p" "$LOG_FILE"|tr -d '\r'|head -n1)
             XPASS=$(sed -n "s/.*# XPASS: \(.*\)/\1/p" "$LOG_FILE"|tr -d '\r'|head -n1)
             ERROR=$(sed -n "s/.*# ERROR: \(.*\)/\1/p" "$LOG_FILE"|tr -d '\r'|head -n1)
+            if [[ "$TOTAL" --eq 0 || "$TOTAL" --eq 1 ]]; then
+               echo "Error in the execution, failing early"
+               exit 1
+            fi
             output="GNU tests summary = TOTAL: $TOTAL / PASS: $PASS / FAIL: $FAIL / ERROR: $ERROR"
             echo "${output}"
             if [[ "$FAIL" -gt 0 || "$ERROR" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "::warning ::${output}" ; fi