diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/check_errors.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/check_errors.ts
index 169c038db9..5eccb24c44 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/check_errors.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/check_errors.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ export function checkErrors(
     }
   }
 }
+
+export function checkNoUnexpectedErrors(testPath: string, actualErrors: string[]): void {
+  if (actualErrors.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Unexpected errors occurred for test case at "${testPath}"\n` +
+        `Errors: ${inspect(actualErrors)}.`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/test_runner.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/test_runner.ts
index 59b48d3506..19501f6c7c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/test_runner.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_helpers/test_runner.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {FileSystem} from '../../../src/ngtsc/file_system';
 import {checkExpectations} from '../test_helpers/check_expectations';
 import {CompileResult, initMockTestFileSystem} from '../test_helpers/compile_test';
 import {ComplianceTest, getAllComplianceTests} from '../test_helpers/get_compliance_tests';
-import {checkErrors} from './check_errors';
+import {checkErrors, checkNoUnexpectedErrors} from './check_errors';
 
 /**
  * Set up jasmine specs for each of the compliance tests.
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export function runTests(
                   test.relativePath, expectation.failureMessage, expectation.expectedErrors,
                   errors);
             } else {
+              checkNoUnexpectedErrors(test.relativePath, errors);
               checkExpectations(
                   fs, test.relativePath, expectation.failureMessage, expectation.files,
                   expectation.extraChecks);