diff --git a/apache2/re_operators.c b/apache2/re_operators.c
index 72c994b7..ad4d2b30 100644
--- a/apache2/re_operators.c
+++ b/apache2/re_operators.c
@@ -3789,12 +3789,9 @@ static int msre_op_fuzzy_hash_init(msre_rule *rule, char **error_msg)
 
     rule->op_param_data = param_data;
 #else
-    *error_msg = apr_psprintf(rule->ruleset->mp, "ModSecurity was not " \
-        "compiled with ssdeep support.");
- 
     rule->op_param_data = NULL;
 
-    return -1;
+    return 1;
 #endif
     return 1;
 
@@ -3852,6 +3849,12 @@ static int msre_op_fuzzy_hash_execute(modsec_rec *msr, msre_rule *rule,
     }
 
     fclose(fp);
+#else
+    *error_msg = apr_psprintf(rule->ruleset->mp, "ModSecurity was not " \
+        "compiled with ssdeep support.");
+
+    return -1;
+
 #endif
 
     /* No match. */
diff --git a/tests/regression/misc/30-fuzzyHash.t b/tests/regression/misc/30-fuzzyHash.t
index 0a96da77..8201ca28 100644
--- a/tests/regression/misc/30-fuzzyHash.t
+++ b/tests/regression/misc/30-fuzzyHash.t
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 		SecRule REQUEST_BODY "\@fuzzyHash $ENV{CONF_DIR}/ssdeep.txt 1" "id:192372,log,deny"
 	),
 	match_log => {
-		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 \(phase 2\)\. Fuzzy hash of REQUEST_BODY matched with 96:MbQ1L0LDX8GPI8ov3D2D9zd6.*"modsecurity.conf-recommended"/, 1],
-		debug => [ qr/Access denied with code 403 \(phase 2\)\. Fuzzy hash of REQUEST_BODY matched with 96:MbQ1L0LDX8GPI8ov3D2D9zd6.*"modsecurity.conf-recommended"/, 1],
+		error => [ qr/ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 \(phase 2\)\. Fuzzy hash of REQUEST_BODY matched with 96:MbQ1L0LDX8GPI8ov3D2D9zd6.*"modsecurity.conf-recommended"|ModSecurity was not compiled with ssdeep support./, 1],
+		debug => [ qr/Access denied with code 403 \(phase 2\)\. Fuzzy hash of REQUEST_BODY matched with 96:MbQ1L0LDX8GPI8ov3D2D9zd6.*"modsecurity.conf-recommended"|ModSecurity was not compiled with ssdeep support./, 1],
 	},
 	match_response => {
-		status => qr/^403$/,
+		status => qr/^403|200$/,
 	},
 	request => new HTTP::Request(
 		POST => "http://$ENV{SERVER_NAME}:$ENV{SERVER_PORT}/index.html",