diff --git a/oci/oci.go b/oci/oci.go
index 8c2124dc..fbfd7e56 100644
--- a/oci/oci.go
+++ b/oci/oci.go
@@ -380,15 +380,6 @@ func (r *Runtime) ExecSync(c *Container, command []string, timeout int64) (resp
 
 	logrus.Infof("Received container exit code: %v", ec.ExitCode)
 
-	if ec.ExitCode != 0 {
-		return nil, ExecSyncError{
-			Stdout:   stdoutBuf,
-			Stderr:   stderrBuf,
-			ExitCode: ec.ExitCode,
-			Err:      fmt.Errorf("container workload exited with error %v", ec.ExitCode),
-		}
-	}
-
 	// The actual logged output is not the same as stdoutBuf and stderrBuf,
 	// which are used for getting error information. For the actual
 	// ExecSyncResponse we have to read the logfile.
@@ -408,7 +399,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) ExecSync(c *Container, command []string, timeout int64) (resp
 	return &ExecSyncResponse{
 		Stdout:   outputBytes,
 		Stderr:   nil,
-		ExitCode: 0,
+		ExitCode: ec.ExitCode,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/seccomp.bats b/test/seccomp.bats
index 97ac125d..fa20978a 100644
--- a/test/seccomp.bats
+++ b/test/seccomp.bats
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ function teardown() {
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	run ocic ctr execsync --id "$ctr_id" chmod 777 .
 	echo "$output"
-	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "Exit code: 1" ]]
 	[[ "$output" =~ "Operation not permitted" ]]
 
 	cleanup_ctrs
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ function teardown() {
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	run ocic ctr execsync --id "$ctr_id" chmod 777 .
 	echo "$output"
-	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "Exit code: 1" ]]
 	[[ "$output" =~ "Operation not permitted" ]]
 
 	cleanup_ctrs
@@ -269,7 +271,8 @@ function teardown() {
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	run ocic ctr execsync --id "$ctr_id" chmod 777 .
 	echo "$output"
-	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "Exit code: 1" ]]
 	[[ "$output" =~ "Operation not permitted" ]]
 
 	cleanup_ctrs