diff --git a/test/new-e2e/pkg/environments/host.go b/test/new-e2e/pkg/environments/host.go
index fd07d96f960fa..96390a67b2835 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/pkg/environments/host.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/pkg/environments/host.go
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ func (e *Host) generateAndDownloadAgentFlare(outputDir string) (string, error) {
 	flareCommandOutput, err := e.Agent.Client.FlareWithError(agentclient.WithArgs([]string{"--email", "e2e-tests@datadog-agent", "--send", "--local"}))
 
 	// on error, the flare output is in the error message
-	flareCommandOutput = strings.Join([]string{flareCommandOutput, err.Error()}, "\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		flareCommandOutput = strings.Join([]string{flareCommandOutput, err.Error()}, "\n")
+	}
 
 	// find <path to flare>.zip in flare command output
 	// (?m) is a flag that allows ^ and $ to match the beginning and end of each line