diff --git a/drm/1.0/vts/functional/drm_hal_vendor_test.cpp b/drm/1.0/vts/functional/drm_hal_vendor_test.cpp
index 5d4e7d0..1be362a 100644
--- a/drm/1.0/vts/functional/drm_hal_vendor_test.cpp
+++ b/drm/1.0/vts/functional/drm_hal_vendor_test.cpp
@@ -1598,9 +1598,8 @@
 #endif
     gVendorModules = new drm_vts::VendorModules(kModulePath);
     if (gVendorModules->getPathList().size() == 0) {
-        std::cerr << "No vendor modules found in " << kModulePath <<
-                ", exiting" << std::endl;
-        exit(-1);
+        std::cerr << "WARNING: No vendor modules found in " << kModulePath <<
+                ", all vendor tests will be skipped" << std::endl;
     }
     ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
     return RUN_ALL_TESTS();