diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
index 1c14546..8c9276f 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 remote=$ONOS_USER@$node
 
 locHash=$(cksum $ONOS_TAR | cut -d' ' -f1,2)
-remHash=$(ssh $remote cksum $ONOS_TAR | cut -d' ' -f1,2)
+remHash=$(ssh $remote cksum $ONOS_TAR 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1,2)
 
 if [ "$locHash" = "$remHash" ]; then
     echo "ONOS bits $ONOS_TAR already up-to-date on $node..."