diff --git a/test/e2e/bmc.go b/test/e2e/bmc.go
index 6bea16b5a4..6d67ad350c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/bmc.go
+++ b/test/e2e/bmc.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
@@ -28,10 +27,14 @@ type BMC struct {
 	SSHPort string `yaml:"sshPort,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func LoadBMCConfig(configPath string) *[]BMC {
+func LoadBMCConfig(configPath string) (*[]BMC, error) {
 	configData, err := os.ReadFile(configPath) //#nosec
-	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to read the bmcs config file")
 	var bmcs []BMC
-	Expect(yaml.Unmarshal(configData, &bmcs)).To(Succeed())
-	return &bmcs
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(configData, &bmcs); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &bmcs, nil
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index eb9d31ce3d..a4edf7a73a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ var _ = SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 	err := metal3api.AddToScheme(scheme)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	e2eConfig = LoadE2EConfig(configPath)
-	bmcs = LoadBMCConfig(bmcConfigPath)
+	bmcs, err := LoadBMCConfig(bmcConfigPath)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to read the bmcs config file")
 	bmc = (*bmcs)[GinkgoParallelProcess()-1]
 	clusterProxy = framework.NewClusterProxy("bmo-e2e", kubeconfigPath, scheme)
 })