diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
index dd3b20d8f9d2..fe47fb25efd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-report.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           done
           coverdirs=${coverdirs%,}
           echo coverdirs is $coverdirs
-          [[ -z "$coverdirs" ]] && echo "no coverage dir found" && exit 1
+          [[ -z "$coverdirs" ]] && echo "no coverage dir found" && exit 0
           name=cover_${{matrix.test}}
           sudo go tool covdata percent -i=$coverdirs | sudo tee ${name}.percent
           echo "generated coverage percent report:" $(realpath ${name}.percent)