diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
index bfee6e9..84f9640 100644
--- a/crypto/testmgr.c
+++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
@@ -363,6 +363,16 @@
 
 			switch (ret) {
 			case 0:
+				if (template[i].novrfy) {
+					/* verification was supposed to fail */
+					printk(KERN_ERR "alg: aead: %s failed "
+					       "on test %d for %s: ret was 0, "
+					       "expected -EBADMSG\n",
+					       e, j, algo);
+					/* so really, we got a bad message */
+					ret = -EBADMSG;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				break;
 			case -EINPROGRESS:
 			case -EBUSY:
@@ -372,6 +382,10 @@
 					INIT_COMPLETION(result.completion);
 					break;
 				}
+			case -EBADMSG:
+				if (template[i].novrfy)
+					/* verification failure was expected */
+					continue;
 				/* fall through */
 			default:
 				printk(KERN_ERR "alg: aead: %s failed on test "
@@ -481,6 +495,16 @@
 
 			switch (ret) {
 			case 0:
+				if (template[i].novrfy) {
+					/* verification was supposed to fail */
+					printk(KERN_ERR "alg: aead: %s failed "
+					       "on chunk test %d for %s: ret "
+					       "was 0, expected -EBADMSG\n",
+					       e, j, algo);
+					/* so really, we got a bad message */
+					ret = -EBADMSG;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				break;
 			case -EINPROGRESS:
 			case -EBUSY:
@@ -490,6 +514,10 @@
 					INIT_COMPLETION(result.completion);
 					break;
 				}
+			case -EBADMSG:
+				if (template[i].novrfy)
+					/* verification failure was expected */
+					continue;
 				/* fall through */
 			default:
 				printk(KERN_ERR "alg: aead: %s failed on "