diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/run_tests.dart b/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/run_tests.dart
index 6ad9dc320b5..e316a2f3a45 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/run_tests.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/run_tests.dart
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
     return;
   }
 
-  Exception? exception;
   final chromedriver = ChromeDriver();
 
-  // Start chrome driver before running the flutter integration test.
-  await chromedriver.start();
-
   try {
+    // Start chrome driver before running the flutter integration test.
+    await chromedriver.start();
+
     if (testRunnerArgs.testTarget != null) {
       // TODO(kenz): add support for specifying a directory as the target instead
       // of a single file.
@@ -52,15 +51,9 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
         await _runTest(newArgsWithTarget);
       }
     }
-  } on Exception catch (e) {
-    exception = e;
   } finally {
     await chromedriver.stop();
   }
-
-  if (exception != null) {
-    throw exception;
-  }
 }
 
 Future<void> _runTest(
diff --git a/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/test_infra/run/_chrome_driver.dart b/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/test_infra/run/_chrome_driver.dart
index 1cf11dcc1e3..52a7a708da1 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/test_infra/run/_chrome_driver.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_app/integration_test/test_infra/run/_chrome_driver.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import '_io_utils.dart';
 import '_utils.dart';
 
 class ChromeDriver with IOMixin {
-  late final Process _process;
+  Process? _process;
 
   // TODO(kenz): add error messaging if the chromedriver executable is not
   // found. We can also consider using web installers directly in this script:
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ class ChromeDriver with IOMixin {
   Future<void> start() async {
     try {
       debugLog('starting the chromedriver process');
-      _process = await Process.start(
+      final process = _process = await Process.start(
         'chromedriver',
         [
           '--port=4444',
         ],
       );
-      listenToProcessOutput(_process, printTag: 'ChromeDriver');
+      listenToProcessOutput(process, printTag: 'ChromeDriver');
     } catch (e) {
       // ignore: avoid-throw-in-catch-block, by design
       throw Exception('Error starting chromedriver: $e');
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ class ChromeDriver with IOMixin {
   }
 
   Future<void> stop() async {
+    final process = _process;
+    _process = null;
+
+    if (process == null) return;
+
     await cancelAllStreamSubscriptions();
     debugLog('killing the chromedriver process');
-    await killGracefully(_process);
+    await killGracefully(process);
   }
 }