diff --git a/layer_tests/tracing/src/test_ltracing_ipc_event_helper.cpp b/layer_tests/tracing/src/test_ltracing_ipc_event_helper.cpp
index bb91580a..0da1688a 100644
--- a/layer_tests/tracing/src/test_ltracing_ipc_event_helper.cpp
+++ b/layer_tests/tracing/src/test_ltracing_ipc_event_helper.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   lzt::shared_ipc_event_data_t shared_data;
   bipc::shared_memory_object shm;
-  shm = bipc::shared_memory_object(bipc::open_only, "ipc_ltracing_event_test",
-                                   bipc::read_write);
+  try {
+    shm = bipc::shared_memory_object(bipc::open_only, "ipc_ltracing_event_test",
+                                     bipc::read_write);
+  } catch (bipc::interprocess_exception &ex) {
+    LOG_DEBUG << "Child exit due to shared memory object open failure";
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
   shm.truncate(sizeof(lzt::shared_ipc_event_data_t));
   bipc::mapped_region region(shm, bipc::read_only);
   std::memcpy(&shared_data, region.get_address(),
diff --git a/utils/logging/src/logging.cpp b/utils/logging/src/logging.cpp
index 3bbfabb9..8860e760 100644
--- a/utils/logging/src/logging.cpp
+++ b/utils/logging/src/logging.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ void init_logging(const LoggingSettings settings) {
 }
 
 void init_logging(std::vector<std::string> &command_line) {
+  try {
   init_logging(parse_command_line(command_line));
+  } catch (const po::error &e) {
+    std::cerr << "Error initializing logging parsing command line: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+  }
 }
 
 void stop_logging() {