diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 8cc7c722ef..65413d0a67 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -119,19 +119,17 @@ static void print_new_head_line(struct commit *commit)
 
 static int update_index_refresh(int fd, struct lock_file *index_lock, int flags)
 {
-	int result;
-
 	if (!index_lock) {
 		index_lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
 		fd = hold_locked_index(index_lock, 1);
 	}
 
-	result = refresh_index(&the_index, (flags), NULL, NULL,
-			       _("Unstaged changes after reset:")) ? 1 : 0;
+	refresh_index(&the_index, (flags), NULL, NULL,
+		      _("Unstaged changes after reset:"));
 	if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 			commit_locked_index(index_lock))
 		return error ("Could not refresh index");
-	return result;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void update_index_from_diff(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
diff --git a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
index 70edbb33e2..06b18f8bc1 100755
--- a/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t2013-checkout-submodule.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_expect_success '"reset <submodule>" updates the index' '
 	git update-index --refresh &&
 	git diff-files --quiet &&
 	git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD &&
-	test_must_fail git reset HEAD^ submodule &&
+	git reset HEAD^ submodule &&
 	test_must_fail git diff-files --quiet &&
 	git reset submodule &&
 	git diff-files --quiet
diff --git a/t/t7102-reset.sh b/t/t7102-reset.sh
index b096dc88c2..81b2570a3e 100755
--- a/t/t7102-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7102-reset.sh
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ test_expect_success 'test --mixed <paths>' '
 	echo 4 > file4 &&
 	echo 5 > file1 &&
 	git add file1 file3 file4 &&
-	test_must_fail git reset HEAD -- file1 file2 file3 &&
+	git reset HEAD -- file1 file2 file3 &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet &&
 	git diff > output &&
 	test_cmp output expect &&
 	git diff --cached > output &&
@@ -402,7 +403,8 @@ test_expect_success 'test resetting the index at give paths' '
 	>sub/file2 &&
 	git update-index --add sub/file1 sub/file2 &&
 	T=$(git write-tree) &&
-	test_must_fail git reset HEAD sub/file2 &&
+	git reset HEAD sub/file2 &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet &&
 	U=$(git write-tree) &&
 	echo "$T" &&
 	echo "$U" &&
@@ -440,7 +442,8 @@ test_expect_success 'resetting specific path that is unmerged' '
 		echo "100644 $F3 3	file2"
 	} | git update-index --index-info &&
 	git ls-files -u &&
-	test_must_fail git reset HEAD file2 &&
+	git reset HEAD file2 &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet &&
 	git diff-index --exit-code --cached HEAD
 '
 
@@ -449,7 +452,8 @@ test_expect_success 'disambiguation (1)' '
 	git reset --hard &&
 	>secondfile &&
 	git add secondfile &&
-	test_must_fail git reset secondfile &&
+	git reset secondfile &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet -- secondfile &&
 	test -z "$(git diff --cached --name-only)" &&
 	test -f secondfile &&
 	test ! -s secondfile
@@ -474,7 +478,8 @@ test_expect_success 'disambiguation (3)' '
 	>secondfile &&
 	git add secondfile &&
 	rm -f secondfile &&
-	test_must_fail git reset HEAD secondfile &&
+	git reset HEAD secondfile &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet &&
 	test -z "$(git diff --cached --name-only)" &&
 	test ! -f secondfile
 
@@ -486,7 +491,8 @@ test_expect_success 'disambiguation (4)' '
 	>secondfile &&
 	git add secondfile &&
 	rm -f secondfile &&
-	test_must_fail git reset -- secondfile &&
+	git reset -- secondfile &&
+	test_must_fail git diff --quiet &&
 	test -z "$(git diff --cached --name-only)" &&
 	test ! -f secondfile
 '