diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.7/voltha-scale-test.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.7/voltha-scale-test.groovy
index d88b180..11bb1c4 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.7/voltha-scale-test.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.7/voltha-scale-test.groovy
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             done
 
             # remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
-            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9
+            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
 
             cd $WORKSPACE
             rm -rf $WORKSPACE/*