diff --git a/lib/test/upper/rlc_am_test.cc b/lib/test/upper/rlc_am_test.cc
index bd5e7e2c0..38d2e4641 100644
--- a/lib/test/upper/rlc_am_test.cc
+++ b/lib/test/upper/rlc_am_test.cc
@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ bool resegment_test_3()
 
 bool resegment_test_4()
 {
-
   // SDUs:              |  10  |  10  |  10  |  10  |  10  |
   // PDUs:              | 5 | 5|         30         | 5 | 5|
   // Retx PDU segments:        |    15    |    15   |
@@ -980,7 +979,6 @@ bool resegment_test_4()
 
 bool resegment_test_5()
 {
-
   // SDUs:              |  10  |  10  |  10  |  10  |  10  |
   // PDUs:              |2|3|            40            |3|2|
   // Retx PDU segments:     |     20      |     20     |
@@ -1373,6 +1371,18 @@ bool resegment_test_7()
     timers.step_all();
   }
 
+  // Read status PDU from RLC2
+  assert(rlc2.get_buffer_state());
+  status_buf.N_bytes = rlc2.read_pdu(status_buf.msg, 10); // 10 bytes is enough to hold the status
+
+  // Write status PDU to RLC1
+  rlc1.write_pdu(status_buf.msg, status_buf.N_bytes);
+#if HAVE_PCAP
+  pcap.write_ul_am_ccch(status_buf.msg, status_buf.N_bytes);
+#endif
+
+  // check status again
+  assert(0 == rlc1.get_buffer_state());
   assert(0 == rlc2.get_buffer_state());
 
   // Check number of SDUs and their content
@@ -1441,11 +1451,11 @@ bool resegment_test_8()
   cnfg.ul_am_rlc.t_poll_retx = LIBLTE_RRC_T_POLL_RETRANSMIT_MS5;
 
   if (not rlc1.configure(&cnfg)) {
-    exit(-1);
+    return -1;
   }
 
   if (not rlc2.configure(&cnfg)) {
-    exit(-1);
+    return -1;
   }
 
   // Push 2 SDUs into RLC1
diff --git a/lib/test/upper/rlc_stress_test.cc b/lib/test/upper/rlc_stress_test.cc
index b1bacd324..7e0407468 100644
--- a/lib/test/upper/rlc_stress_test.cc
+++ b/lib/test/upper/rlc_stress_test.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public:
     ,lcid(lcid_)
     ,log("MAC  ")
   {
-    log.set_level(srslte::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+    log.set_level(srslte::LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
     log.set_hex_limit(LOG_HEX_LIMIT);
   }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ private:
           pcap->write_ul_am_ccch(pdu->msg, pdu->N_bytes);
         }
       } else {
-        log.info_hex(pdu->msg, pdu->N_bytes, "Dropping RLC PDU (%d B)\n", pdu->N_bytes);
+        log.warning_hex(pdu->msg, pdu->N_bytes, "Dropping RLC PDU (%d B)\n", pdu->N_bytes);
       }
     }
     byte_buffer_pool::get_instance()->deallocate(pdu);
@@ -355,12 +355,20 @@ void stress_test(stress_test_args_t args)
     usleep(1e6);
   }
 
+  printf("Test finished, tearing down ..\n");
+
   // Stop RLC instances first to release blocking writers
   rlc1.stop();
   rlc2.stop();
 
+  printf("RLC entities stopped.\n");
+
+  // Stop upper layer writers
   tester1.stop();
   tester2.stop();
+
+  printf("Writers stopped.\n");
+
   mac.stop();
   if (args.write_pcap) {
     pcap.close();
@@ -387,7 +395,7 @@ void stress_test(stress_test_args_t args)
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  stress_test_args_t args;
+  stress_test_args_t args = {};
   parse_args(&args, argc, argv);
 
   if (args.zero_seed) {