diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index e68f591a58..f137d128f4 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -1015,6 +1015,8 @@ class oaiCleanOldProgramThread (threading.Thread):
            error = error + '\n threadID = ' + str(self.threadID) + '\n threadname = ' + self.threadname + '\n CleanUpOldProgs = ' + self.CleanUpOldProgs + '\n CleanUpAluLteBox = ' + self.CleanUpAluLteBox + '\n ExmimoRfStop = ' + self.ExmimoRfStop + '\n'  
            error = error + traceback.format_exc()
            print error
+           print "There is error in cleaning up old programs. The test case execution cannot continue...."
+           sys.exit(1)
 
 # \brief Run parallel threads in all machines for clean up old execution of test cases
 # \param oai_list list of handlers that can be used to execute programs on remote machines
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
index 5d5b9703ea..cec3963c4e 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  <GitOpenair-cnRepoBranch>develop</GitOpenair-cnRepoBranch>
  <CleanUpOldProgs>oaisim* oaisim_nos1* lte-softmodem* lte-softmodem-nos1* mme_gw* run_epc* run_hss* hss hss_sim configure_cots_bandrich_ue* wvdial*  iperf iperf_script ping tshark</CleanUpOldProgs>	
  <CleanUpAluLteBox>sudo -S -E /opt/ltebox/tools/stop_ltebox</CleanUpAluLteBox>
-<ExmimoRfStop>$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/build_oai -w EXMIMO -c; sudo -S -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/tools/stop_exmimo2; dmesg|tail</ExmimoRfStop>
+<ExmimoRfStop>$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/build_oai -w EXMIMO -c; sudo -S -E $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/tools/stop_exmimo2; uname -a; dmesg|tail</ExmimoRfStop>
  <Timeout_execution>36000</Timeout_execution>
  <TestCaseExclusionList>0104+ 015506 015507 015508 015509 015510 015511 015602 015605 015702 015705 015802 015805 016002 016005  016102 016105 016302 016305</TestCaseExclusionList>
  <nruns_lte-softmodem>3</nruns_lte-softmodem>