2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
index b5551ba8..3e518bc2 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_peer.c
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ int ntp_request(const char *host, double *offset, int *offset_result, double *ji
                 /* Attempt to read the largest size packet possible */
                 req.count=htons(MAX_CM_SIZE);
                 DBG(printf("recieving READSTAT response"))
-                read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req));
+                if(read(conn, &req, SIZEOF_NTPCM(req)) == -1)
+                        die(STATE_CRITICAL, "NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server\n");
                 DBG(print_ntp_control_message(&req));
                 /* Each peer identifier is 4 bytes in the data section, which
                  * we represent as a ntp_assoc_status_pair datatype.
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
index ae7f0369..01a890e3 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ foreach my $plugin (@PLUGINS2) {
                 like( $res->output, $ntp_okmatch2, "$plugin: Output match OK with jitter and stratum" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-                        "./$plugin -H $ntp_service -w 1000 -c 2000 -W ~:-1 -C 21 -j 100000 -k 200000"
+                        "./$plugin -H $ntp_service -w 1000 -c 2000 -W \~:-1 -C 21 -j 100000 -k 200000"
                         );
                 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 1, "$plugin: Warning NTP result with jitter and stratum check" );
                 like( $res->output, $ntp_warnmatch2, "$plugin: Output match WARNING with jitter and stratum" );
 
                 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
-                        "./$plugin -H $ntp_service -w 1000 -c 2000 -W 20 -C 21 -j 100000 -k ~:-1"
+                        "./$plugin -H $ntp_service -w 1000 -c 2000 -W 20 -C 21 -j 100000 -k \~:-1"
                         );
                 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "$plugin: Critical NTP result with jitter and stratum check" );
                 like( $res->output, $ntp_critmatch2, "$plugin: Output match CRITICAL with jitter and stratum" );