diff --git a/test/py/u_boot_console_base.py b/test/py/u_boot_console_base.py
index 0be6c76..aebe0da 100644
--- a/test/py/u_boot_console_base.py
+++ b/test/py/u_boot_console_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import u_boot_spawn
-from u_boot_spawn import BootFail, Timeout, Unexpected
+from u_boot_spawn import BootFail, Timeout, Unexpected, handle_exception
 
 # Regexes for text we expect U-Boot to send to the console.
 pattern_u_boot_spl_signon = re.compile('(U-Boot SPL \\d{4}\\.\\d{2}[^\r\n]*\\))')
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@
             # indentation.
             return self.p.before.strip('\r\n')
         except Timeout as exc:
-            self.log.error(str(exc))
-            self.cleanup_spawn()
+            handle_exception(self.config, self, self.log, exc, 'Lab failure',
+                             True)
             raise
-        except BootFail as ex:
-            self.log.error(str(ex))
-            self.cleanup_spawn()
+        except BootFail as exc:
+            handle_exception(self.config, self, self.log, exc, 'Boot fail',
+                             True, self.get_spawn_output())
             raise
         finally:
             self.log.timestamp()