diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9a69b946bd918dd93431f2e3f0f5ccd821c9074f..37a8500114781cd6cbcb08a785a4dc2569cbf908 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -829,11 +829,13 @@ check-first-frame-is-sid:
 
     # TODO: for some MASA modes, we currently do not have testvectors that actually trigger DTX
     # SBA is run separately to use shorter part of file
+    - exit_code_no_sba=0
+    - exit_code_sba=0
     - modes=$(scripts/runIvasCodec.py -l | grep dtx | grep -v MASA | grep -v SBA)
     - scripts/runIvasCodec.py -p scripts/config/ci_linux_sidstart_test.json -m $modes -s --bs_length 500 -U 0:20 || exit_code_no_sba=$?
     - modes=$(scripts/runIvasCodec.py -l | grep dtx | grep SBA)
     - scripts/runIvasCodec.py -p scripts/config/ci_linux_sidstart_test.json -m $modes -s --bs_length 500 -U 70:80 || exit_code_sba=$?
-    - if [ $exit_code_no_sba != 0 || $exit_code_sba != 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+    - if [ $exit_code_no_sba -ne 0 ] || [ $exit_code_sba -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - out/logs