diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index 6bef936369..34a500de8c 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ func TestRunPingGoogle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to run container: %v, output: %q", err, out)
 	}
 
-	errorOut(err, t, "container should've been able to ping 8.8.8.8")
-
 	deleteAllContainers()
 
 	logDone("run - ping 8.8.8.8")
@@ -152,11 +150,8 @@ func TestRunPingGoogle(t *testing.T) {
 // some versions of lxc might make this test fail
 func TestRunExitCodeZero(t *testing.T) {
 	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "busybox", "true")
-	exitCode, err := runCommand(runCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("%s", err))
-
-	if exitCode != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("container should've exited with exit code 0")
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("container should've exited with exit code 0: %s, %v", out, err)
 	}
 
 	deleteAllContainers()
@@ -193,26 +188,31 @@ func TestRunStdinPipe(t *testing.T) {
 	out = stripTrailingCharacters(out)
 
 	inspectCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", out)
-	inspectOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("out should've been a container id: %s %s", out, inspectOut))
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("out should've been a container id: %s %v", out, err)
+	}
 
 	waitCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "wait", out)
-	_, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(waitCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("error thrown while waiting for container: %s", out))
+	if waitOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(waitCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error thrown while waiting for container: %s, %v", waitOut, err)
+	}
 
 	logsCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "logs", out)
-	containerLogs, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(logsCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("error thrown while trying to get container logs: %s", err))
+	logsOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(logsCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error thrown while trying to get container logs: %s, %v", logsOut, err)
+	}
 
-	containerLogs = stripTrailingCharacters(containerLogs)
+	containerLogs := stripTrailingCharacters(logsOut)
 
 	if containerLogs != "blahblah" {
 		t.Errorf("logs didn't print the container's logs %s", containerLogs)
 	}
 
 	rmCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "rm", out)
-	_, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(rmCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("rm failed to remove container %s", err))
+	if out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(rmCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rm failed to remove container: %s, %v", out, err)
+	}
 
 	deleteAllContainers()
 
@@ -230,16 +230,20 @@ func TestRunDetachedContainerIDPrinting(t *testing.T) {
 	out = stripTrailingCharacters(out)
 
 	inspectCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", out)
-	inspectOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("out should've been a container id: %s %s", out, inspectOut))
+	if inspectOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("out should've been a container id: %s %v", inspectOut, err)
+	}
 
 	waitCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "wait", out)
-	_, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(waitCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("error thrown while waiting for container: %s", out))
+	if waitOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(waitCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error thrown while waiting for container: %s, %v", waitOut, err)
+	}
 
 	rmCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "rm", out)
 	rmOut, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(rmCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, "rm failed to remove container")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rm failed to remove container: %s, %v", rmOut, err)
+	}
 
 	rmOut = stripTrailingCharacters(rmOut)
 	if rmOut != out {
@@ -267,7 +271,9 @@ func TestRunWorkingDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 
 	runCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--workdir", "/root", "busybox", "pwd")
 	out, _, _, err = runCommandWithStdoutStderr(runCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(out, err)
+	}
 
 	out = stripTrailingCharacters(out)