diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d35de04b12..0bb6d164ed 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ job1:
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR
    - cat $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/results_autotests.xml
-   - exce_log=`egrep -i 'warning|error|critical|exception' $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR/log/python_autotest.log `
-   - if [ -n "$exce_log" ]; then  echo -e "\e[31mThere are errors in $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR/log/python_autotest.log. Please check the logs\e[0m" ; fi
-   - exce_log=`egrep -i 'warning|error|critical|exception' $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR/log/python_autotest_cleanup.log `
-   - if [ -n "$exce_log" ]; then echo -e "\e[31mThere are errors in $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR/log/python_autotest_cleanup.log. Please check the logs\e[0m" ; fi
+   - exce_log=`egrep -i 'warning|error|critical|exception' $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest.log `
+   - if [ -n "$exce_log" ]; then  echo -e "\e[31mThere are errors in $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest.log. Please check the logs\e[0m" ; fi
+   - exce_log=`egrep -i 'warning|error|critical|exception' $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest_cleanup.log `
+   - if [ -n "$exce_log" ]; then echo -e "\e[31mThere are errors in $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest_cleanup.log. Please check the logs\e[0m" ; fi
    
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index 19af648fbd..f7b09598d1 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -1013,6 +1013,13 @@ def handle_testcaseclass_softmodem (testcase, oldprogramList, logdirOAI5GRepo ,
       run_result=0
       run_result_string = ' RUN_'+str(run) + ' = FAIL(Assert)'
 
+    #If there is thread busy error, we mark the test case as failure as most likely eNB crashed
+    cmd = "grep -ilr \"thread busy\" " + logdir_local_testcase + " | cat "
+    cmd_out = subprocess.check_output ([cmd], shell=True)
+    if not cmd_out:
+      run_result=0
+      run_result_string = ' RUN_'+str(run) + ' = FAIL(Thread_Busy)'
+
     run_result_string = run_result_string + tput_run_string
 
     test_result=test_result & run_result