diff --git a/crypto/rand/drbg_lib.c b/crypto/rand/drbg_lib.c
index cc59236bcc84a..16ac03b8b63f4 100644
--- a/crypto/rand/drbg_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/rand/drbg_lib.c
@@ -864,14 +864,14 @@ static RAND_DRBG *drbg_setup(RAND_DRBG *parent)
     drbg->reseed_counter = 1;
 
     /*
-     * Ignore instantiation error so support just-in-time instantiation.
+     * Ignore instantiation error to support just-in-time instantiation.
      *
      * The state of the drbg will be checked in RAND_DRBG_generate() and
      * an automatic recovery is attempted.
      */
-    RAND_DRBG_instantiate(drbg,
-                          (const unsigned char *) ossl_pers_string,
-                          sizeof(ossl_pers_string) - 1);
+    (void)RAND_DRBG_instantiate(drbg,
+                                (const unsigned char *) ossl_pers_string,
+                                sizeof(ossl_pers_string) - 1);
     return drbg;
 
 err:
diff --git a/test/drbgtest.c b/test/drbgtest.c
index 5426046854047..d69456b4ee31d 100644
--- a/test/drbgtest.c
+++ b/test/drbgtest.c
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ static int test_rand_reseed(void)
 }
 
 #if defined(OPENSSL_THREADS)
+static int multi_thread_rand_bytes_succeeded = 1;
+static int multi_thread_rand_priv_bytes_succeeded = 1;
 
 static void run_multi_thread_test(void)
 {
@@ -796,8 +798,10 @@ static void run_multi_thread_test(void)
     RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_time_interval(private, 1);
 
     do {
-        RAND_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf));
-        RAND_priv_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf));
+        if (RAND_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf)) <= 0)
+            multi_thread_rand_bytes_succeeded = 0;
+        if (RAND_priv_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf)) <= 0)
+            multi_thread_rand_priv_bytes_succeeded = 0;
     }
     while(time(NULL) - start < 5);
 }
@@ -849,7 +853,7 @@ static int wait_for_thread(thread_t thread)
  * The main thread will also run the test, so we'll have THREADS+1 parallel
  * tests running
  */
-#define THREADS 3
+# define THREADS 3
 
 static int test_multi_thread(void)
 {
@@ -861,6 +865,12 @@ static int test_multi_thread(void)
     run_multi_thread_test();
     for (i = 0; i < THREADS; i++)
         wait_for_thread(t[i]);
+
+    if (!TEST_true(multi_thread_rand_bytes_succeeded))
+        return 0;
+    if (!TEST_true(multi_thread_rand_priv_bytes_succeeded))
+        return 0;
+
     return 1;
 }
 #endif