diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
index 1e3a28da16..567ea70db3 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ EOF
     lines=$(grep -c "^<statistics version" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 2 || ret=1
     # keep-alive not needed in HTTP/1.1, second response has close
-    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n)
+    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n || true)
     test "$lines" = 0 || ret=1
     lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: close" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ EOF
     lines=$(grep -c "^<statistics version" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 2 || ret=1
     # keep-alive not needed in HTTP/1.1, second response has close
-    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n)
+    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n || true)
     test "$lines" = 0 || ret=1
     lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: close" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ EOF
     lines=$(grep -c "^<statistics version" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 2 || ret=1
     # first response has keep-alive, second has close
-    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n)
+    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n || true)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1
     lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: close" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ EOF
     lines=$(grep -c "^<statistics version" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1
     # no keep-alive, one close
-    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n)
+    lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: Keep-Alive" nc.out$n || true)
     test "$lines" = 0 || ret=1
     lines=$(grep -c "^Connection: close" nc.out$n)
     test "$lines" = 1 || ret=1