diff --git a/stestr/subunit_trace.py b/stestr/subunit_trace.py
index 0d3c1dd..a89ea11 100644
--- a/stestr/subunit_trace.py
+++ b/stestr/subunit_trace.py
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ def trace(stdin, stdout, print_failures=False, failonly=False,
         print("\nNo tests were successful during the run", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
     in_progress = get_stuck_in_progress()
-    if count_tests('status', '^inprogress$') > 0:
-        print("\nThe following tests exited without returning a status \n"
+    if in_progress:
+        print("\nThe following tests exited without returning a status\n"
               "and likely segfaulted or crashed Python:", file=sys.stderr)
         for test in in_progress:
             print("\n\t* %s" % test, file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/stestr/tests/test_subunit_trace.py b/stestr/tests/test_subunit_trace.py
index c7fbe86..5e8d461 100644
--- a/stestr/tests/test_subunit_trace.py
+++ b/stestr/tests/test_subunit_trace.py
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ def test_trace_with_stuck_inprogress(self):
                       timestamp=dt.now(UTC))
         stream.stopTestRun()
         output.seek(0)
+        # capture stderr for test
+        stderr = io.StringIO()
+        sys_err = sys.stderr
+        sys.stderr = stderr
+
+        def restore_stderr():
+            sys.stderr = sys_err
+
+        self.addCleanup(restore_stderr)
         stdin = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BufferedReader(output))
         returncode = subunit_trace.trace(stdin, sys.stdout)
         self.assertEqual(1, returncode)
+        stderr.seek(0)
+        expected = """
+The following tests exited without returning a status
+and likely segfaulted or crashed Python:
+
+\t* test_segfault
+"""
+        self.assertEqual(stderr.read(), expected)