diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
index 1c12b599..132c6edd 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 type decryptedSecret struct {
 	mutex sync.RWMutex
 	bytes []byte
+	err   error
 }
 
 type execer struct {
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ func (helm *execer) DecryptSecret(context HelmContext, name string, flags ...str
 		out, err := helm.exec(append(append(preArgs, "secrets", "dec", absPath), flags...), env)
 		helm.info(out)
 		if err != nil {
+			secret.err = err
 			return "", err
 		}
 
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ func (helm *execer) DecryptSecret(context HelmContext, name string, flags ...str
 
 		secretBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(decFilename)
 		if err != nil {
+			secret.err = err
 			return "", err
 		}
 		secret.bytes = secretBytes
@@ -295,6 +298,10 @@ func (helm *execer) DecryptSecret(context HelmContext, name string, flags ...str
 		secret.mutex.RLock()
 		helm.decryptedSecretMutex.Unlock()
 		defer secret.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+		if secret.err != nil {
+			return "", secret.err
+		}
 	}
 
 	tempFile := helm.writeTempFile
diff --git a/test/integration/run.sh b/test/integration/run.sh
index 32bde369..71b17523 100755
--- a/test/integration/run.sh
+++ b/test/integration/run.sh
@@ -138,17 +138,24 @@ if [[ helm_major_version -eq 3 ]]; then
   sops="sops --hc-vault-transit $VAULT_ADDR/v1/sops/keys/key"
   mkdir -p ${dir}/tmp
 
-  test_start "secretssops"
-
   info "Encrypt secrets"
   ${sops} -e ${dir}/env-1.secrets.yaml > ${dir}/tmp/env-1.secrets.sops.yaml || fail "${sops} failed at ${dir}/env-1.secrets.yaml"
   ${sops} -e ${dir}/env-2.secrets.yaml > ${dir}/tmp/env-2.secrets.sops.yaml || fail "${sops} failed at ${dir}/env-2.secrets.yaml"
 
+  test_start "secretssops.1 - should fail without secrets plugin"
+
   info "Ensure helm-secrets is not installed"
   ${helm} plugin rm secrets || true
 
   info "Ensure helmfile fails when no helm-secrets is installed"
-  ${helmfile} -f ${dir}/secretssops.yaml -e direct build; code="$?"; echo Code: "$code"; [ "${code}" -ne 0 ] || fail "\"helmfile build\" should fail without secrets plugin"
+  unset code
+  ${helmfile} -f ${dir}/secretssops.yaml -e direct build || code="$?"; code="${code:-0}"
+  echo Code: "${code}"
+  [ "${code}" -ne 0 ] || fail "\"helmfile build\" should fail without secrets plugin"
+
+  test_pass "secretssops.1"
+
+  test_start "secretssops.2 - should succeed with secrets plugin"
 
   info "Ensure helm-secrets is installed"
   ${helm} plugin install https://github.com/jkroepke/helm-secrets --version v3.5.0
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ if [[ helm_major_version -eq 3 ]]; then
   info "Ensure helmfile succeed when helm-secrets is installed"
   ${helmfile} -f ${dir}/secretssops.yaml -e direct build || fail "\"helmfile build\" shouldn't fail"
 
-  test_pass "secretssops"
+  test_pass "secretssops.2"
 fi
 
 # ALL DONE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------