diff --git a/tests/common/lib.sh b/tests/common/lib.sh
index 84b2c63..a204652 100644
--- a/tests/common/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/common/lib.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function disableTimeSync {
 
     which systemctl > /dev/null
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        systemctl is-active virtualbox-guest-utils.service && systemctl stop virtualbox-guest-utils.service
+        systemctl is-active virtualbox-guest-utils.service && systemctl stop virtualbox-guest-utils.service || true
     fi
 }