diff --git a/src/test/libcephfs/access.cc b/src/test/libcephfs/access.cc
index 35d05739027cd..2885040c26e77 100644
--- a/src/test/libcephfs/access.cc
+++ b/src/test/libcephfs/access.cc
@@ -368,8 +368,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   srand(getpid());
 
-  rados_create(&cluster, NULL);
-  rados_conf_read_file(cluster, NULL);
+  r = rados_create(&cluster, NULL);
+  if (r < 0)
+    exit(1);
+  
+  r = rados_conf_read_file(cluster, NULL);
+  if (r < 0)
+    exit(1);
+
   rados_conf_parse_env(cluster, NULL);
   r = rados_connect(cluster);
   if (r < 0)
diff --git a/src/test/librados/io.cc b/src/test/librados/io.cc
index 97bde5e5dcca9..92c69530566b0 100644
--- a/src/test/librados/io.cc
+++ b/src/test/librados/io.cc
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ TEST_F(LibRadosIo, ReadTimeout) {
     // set up a second client
     rados_t cluster;
     rados_ioctx_t ioctx;
-    rados_create(&cluster, "admin");
-    rados_conf_read_file(cluster, NULL);
-    rados_conf_parse_env(cluster, NULL);
-    rados_conf_set(cluster, "rados_osd_op_timeout", "0.00001"); // use any small value that will result in a timeout
-    rados_connect(cluster);
-    rados_ioctx_create(cluster, pool_name.c_str(), &ioctx);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, rados_create(&cluster, "admin"));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, rados_conf_read_file(cluster, NULL));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, rados_conf_parse_env(cluster, NULL));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, rados_conf_set(cluster, "rados_osd_op_timeout", "0.00001")); // use any small value that will result in a timeout
+    ASSERT_NE(0, rados_connect(cluster));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, rados_ioctx_create(cluster, pool_name.c_str(), &ioctx));
     rados_ioctx_set_namespace(ioctx, nspace.c_str());
 
     // then we show that the buffer is changed after rados_read returned