diff --git a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
index 387600bb3a..347be6f85f 100644
--- a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
+++ b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
@@ -48,3 +48,13 @@ function getColIds
     echo $colIds
 }
 
+# check to make sure the profiling file has been generated
+function checkProfRun
+{
+    rstfile=$1; logfile=$2
+    if [ ! -f $rstfile ]; then
+      printf "${RED}ERROR: $rstfile not generated. See $logfile ...${NC}\n"
+      exit;
+    fi
+}
+
diff --git a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
index fd4b592b6a..20c25e3c87 100755
--- a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
+++ b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
@@ -74,16 +74,20 @@ function one_run
     local M=$3
     local level=$4
     rst_sym="N${N}_s${s}_M${M}k"
-    rst_file="${rst_sym}.csv"
-    #echo "$N: $s -- $OUT_DIR/$rst_file"
+    rst_file=$OUT_DIR/"${rst_sym}.csv"
+    #echo "$N: $s -- $rst_file"
     printf "\n Traverse %7s-int array in %5s-int stride with %4s accesses" \
                 $N $s "${M}K"
     ${ROCP_PATH}rocprof -i ${BASE_DIR}/../pmc_config_files/cache_pmc.txt -o \
-      ${BASE_DIR}/../$OUT_DIR/$rst_file $PATH_CACHE_BENCH/cache $s $N $M \
+      ${BASE_DIR}/../$rst_file $PATH_CACHE_BENCH/cache $s $N $M \
       >> $log_file
-    colIds=$(getColIds $OUT_DIR/$rst_file)
 
-    sed -i 's/(.*)/(args)/g' $OUT_DIR/$rst_file
+    # check the profiling result
+    checkProfRun $rst_file $log_file
+
+    colIds=$(getColIds $rst_file)
+
+    sed -i 's/(.*)/(args)/g' $rst_file
 
     totTcpRds=0; totTcpWrs=0                    # tcp rds/wrs
     missTcpRds=0; missTcpWrs=0                  # tcp rd/wr misses
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ function one_run
 
     for kern in $kerns
     do
-        values=`grep $kern $OUT_DIR/$rst_file | sed 's/,/ /g'`
+        values=`grep $kern $rst_file | sed 's/,/ /g'`
         for colIdStr in $colIds
         do
           colId=`echo $colIdStr | cut -f1 -d'|'`
diff --git a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_fetchwrite_size.sh b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_fetchwrite_size.sh
index 1d876fb28b..63dedd6e16 100755
--- a/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_fetchwrite_size.sh
+++ b/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_fetchwrite_size.sh
@@ -45,21 +45,25 @@ function one_run
     local M=$3
     local level=$4
     rst_sym="N${N}_s${s}_M${M}k"
-    rst_file="${rst_sym}.csv"
-    #echo "$N: $s -- $OUT_DIR/$rst_file"
+    rst_file=$OUT_DIR/"${rst_sym}.csv"
+    #echo "$N: $s -- $rst_file"
     printf "\n Traverse %5s-int array in %5s-int stride with %4s accesses" \
             $N $s "${M}K"
     ${ROCP_PATH}rocprof -i ${BASE_DIR}/../pmc_config_files/cache_pmc.txt -o \
-      ${BASE_DIR}/../$OUT_DIR/$rst_file $PATH_CACHE_BENCH/cache $s $N $M \
+      ${BASE_DIR}/../$rst_file $PATH_CACHE_BENCH/cache $s $N $M \
       >> $log_file
-    colIds=$(getColIds $OUT_DIR/$rst_file)
 
-    sed -i 's/(.*)/(args)/g' $OUT_DIR/$rst_file
+    # check the profiling result
+    checkProfRun $rst_file $log_file
+
+    colIds=$(getColIds $rst_file)
+
+    sed -i 's/(.*)/(args)/g' $rst_file
 
     for kern in $kerns
     do
         mc32wrs=0; fetchsize=0; writesize=0
-        values=`grep $kern $OUT_DIR/$rst_file | sed 's/,/ /g'`
+        values=`grep $kern $rst_file | sed 's/,/ /g'`
         for colIdStr in $colIds
         do
           colId=`echo $colIdStr | cut -f1 -d'|'`