diff --git a/polkadot/scripts/run_benches_for_runtime.sh b/polkadot/scripts/run_benches_for_runtime.sh
index fee04f846a..b0aa3ed876 100755
--- a/polkadot/scripts/run_benches_for_runtime.sh
+++ b/polkadot/scripts/run_benches_for_runtime.sh
@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@ rm "${runtime}_pallets"
   --weight-path="runtime/${runtime}/constants/src/weights/" \
   --warmup=10 \
   --repeat=100
+
+
+# This true makes sure that $? is 0 instead of
+# carrying over a failure which would otherwise cause
+# the whole CI job to abort.
+true