diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/schematic-run.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/schematic-run.ts
index 9759ef427b..f9c67bb065 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/schematic-run.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/schematic-run.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { concat, concatMap, ignoreElements, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { getCollection, getSchematic, getEngineHost, getEngine } from '../utilities/schematics';
 
 const { green, red, yellow } = chalk;
+const SilentError = require('silent-error');
 const Task = require('../ember-cli/lib/models/task');
 
 export interface SchematicRunOptions {
@@ -135,9 +136,11 @@ export default Task.extend({
         if (!error) {
           // Output the logging queue.
           loggingQueue.forEach(log => ui.writeLine(`  ${log.color(log.keyword)} ${log.message}`));
+        } else {
+          throw new SilentError();
         }
 
-        if (opts.dryRun || error) {
+        if (opts.dryRun) {
           return observableOf(tree);
         }
         return fsSink.commit(tree).pipe(
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/generate/component/component-duplicate.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/generate/component/component-duplicate.ts
index 9099d487b0..03f2837c47 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/generate/component/component-duplicate.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/generate/component/component-duplicate.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ng } from '../../../utils/process';
+import { expectToFail } from "../../../utils/utils";
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
@@ -11,13 +12,5 @@ export default function () {
           in ${output.stdout}.`);
       }
     })
-    .then(() => ng('generate', 'component', 'test-component'))
-    .then((output) => {
-      if (!output.stdout.match(/error! src[\\|\/]app[\\|\/]test-component[\\|\/]test-component.component.ts already exists./)) {
-        throw new Error(oneLine`
-          Expected to match
-          "ERROR! src/app/test-component/test-component.ts"
-          in ${output.stdout}.`);
-      }
-    });
+    .then(() => expectToFail(() => ng('generate', 'component', 'test-component')));
 }