diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f91e1bc271fe4f1702255954ce91cff6a334ff47..33685ce14777065e4476ebc3ea70a754073b3649 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ script:
  - if [[ "${BUILDMAN}" != "" ]]; then
      set +e;
      tools/buildman/buildman ${BUILDMAN};
-     if [[ "$?" == "0" || "$?" == "129" ]]; then
+     ret=$?;
+     if [[ $ret -eq 0 || $ret -eq 129 ]]; then
        exit 0;
      else
-       exit $?;
-     fi
+       exit $ret;
+     fi;
    fi
 
 matrix: