diff --git a/test b/test
index 75c0462df..2c1d5c502 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ function fmt_tests {
 		fi
 	done
 
-
 	echo "Checking for license header..."
 	licRes=$(for file in $(find . -type f -iname '*.go' ! -path './Godeps/*'); do
 			head -n3 "${file}" | grep -Eq "(Copyright|generated|GENERATED)" || echo -e "  ${file}"
@@ -98,9 +97,11 @@ function fmt_tests {
 	fi
 }
 
+# fail fast on formatting tests
+fmt_tests
+
 unit_tests
 if [ -n "$INTEGRATION" ]; then
 	integration_tests
 fi
-fmt_tests
 echo "Success"