diff --git a/src/vty/logging_vty.c b/src/vty/logging_vty.c
index b4c3776..6d908d9 100644
--- a/src/vty/logging_vty.c
+++ b/src/vty/logging_vty.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
 static int log_deprecated_func(struct cmd_element *cmd, struct vty *vty, int argc, const char *argv[])
 {
 	vty_out(vty, "%% Ignoring deprecated '%s'%s", cmd->string, VTY_NEWLINE);
-	return CMD_WARNING;
+	return CMD_SUCCESS; /* Otherwise the process would terminate */
 }
 
 void logging_vty_add_deprecated_subsys(void *ctx, const char *name)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 7624996..e8e4dee 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
 	     vty/ok_more_spaces.cfg \
 	     vty/ok_tabs_and_spaces.cfg \
 	     vty/ok_tabs.cfg \
+	     vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg \
 	     comp128/comp128_test.ok bits/bitfield_test.ok		\
 	     utils/utils_test.ok utils/utils_test.err stats/stats_test.ok \
 	     bitvec/bitvec_test.ok msgb/msgb_test.ok bits/bitcomp_test.ok \
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index c231b96..5865140 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@
 AT_KEYWORDS([vty])
 cat $abs_srcdir/vty/vty_test.ok > expout
 cp $abs_srcdir/vty/*.cfg .
-AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/vty/vty_test], [0], [expout], [ignore])
+# FIXME: calling vty_out() during initialization of the VTY interface would cause
+# the process write to its own *stdin*! This breaks the output of 'make check'.
+# Let's work this around untill the bug in libosmovty is fixed.
+AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/vty/vty_test 0>/dev/null], [0], [expout], [ignore])
 AT_CLEANUP
 
 AT_SETUP([gprs-bssgp])
diff --git a/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg b/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2699719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+log stderr
+ logging filter all 1
+ logging level depr debug
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.c b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
index 0d68a6c..1139638 100644
--- a/tests/vty/vty_test.c
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/core/application.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/logging_internal.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/stats.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
@@ -442,6 +443,8 @@
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_ret_warning_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_ret_success_cmd);
 
+	logging_vty_add_deprecated_subsys(tall_log_ctx, "depr");
+
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_level1_cmd);
 	install_node(&level1_node, NULL);
 	install_element(LEVEL1_NODE, &cfg_level1_child_cmd);
@@ -544,6 +547,7 @@
 	test_exit_by_indent("ok_indented_root.cfg", 0);
 	test_exit_by_indent("ok_empty_parent.cfg", 0);
 	test_exit_by_indent("fail_cmd_ret_warning.cfg", -EINVAL);
+	test_exit_by_indent("ok_deprecated_logging.cfg", 0);
 
 	test_is_cmd_ambiguous();
 
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.ok b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
index 0b5ac9c..d2c9611 100644
--- a/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@
 Called: 'return-success'
 Called: 'return-warning'
 got rc=-22
+reading file ok_deprecated_logging.cfg, expecting rc=0
+got rc=0
 Going to test is_cmd_ambiguous()
 Going to execute 'ambiguous_nr'
 Called: 'ambiguous_nr [<0-23>]' (argc=0)