diff --git a/scripts/deploy b/scripts/deploy
index 96adaf227..61918a803 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy
+++ b/scripts/deploy
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ proc deployOneHost (; host, variant) {
 
       if (doReboot and (not fail or doRebootForce)) {
         info "rebooting $host"
-        destructive runOnTarget "$netHost" sane-reboot "$host" || return 1
+        destructive runOnTarget "$netHost" sane-reboot "$host"
       }
 
       if (fail) {