diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2dfc0627bc..804554ca50 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ before_script:
 # Lousy hack to disable use and testing of fallocate, which doesn't behave quite
 # as EnvPosixTest::AllocateTest expects within the Travis OpenVZ environment.
 script:
-  - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == 'linux' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS CLANG_FORMAT_DIFF=/tmp/clang-format-diff.py make format; fi
+  - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == 'linux' ]]; then OPT=-DTRAVIS CLANG_FORMAT_DIFF=/tmp/clang-format-diff.py make format || true; fi
   - OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make -j4 check && OPT=-DTRAVIS V=1 make clean jclean rocksdbjava jtest
 
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