diff --git a/src/adapter.js b/src/adapter.js
index bf75712..78ceea1 100644
--- a/src/adapter.js
+++ b/src/adapter.js
@@ -80,6 +80,41 @@ var haveMochaConfig = function (karma) {
   return karma.config && karma.config.mocha
 }
 
+var reportTestResult = function (karma, test) {
+  var skipped = test.pending === true
+
+  var result = {
+    id: '',
+    description: test.title,
+    suite: [],
+    success: test.state === 'passed',
+    skipped: skipped,
+    pending: skipped,
+    time: skipped ? 0 : test.duration,
+    log: test.$errors || [],
+    assertionErrors: test.$assertionErrors || [],
+    startTime: test.$startTime,
+    endTime: Date.now()
+  }
+
+  var pointer = test.parent
+  while (!pointer.root) {
+    result.suite.unshift(pointer.title)
+    pointer = pointer.parent
+  }
+
+  if (haveMochaConfig(karma) && karma.config.mocha.expose && karma.config.mocha.expose.forEach) {
+    result.mocha = {}
+    karma.config.mocha.expose.forEach(function (prop) {
+      if (test.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+        result.mocha[prop] = test[prop]
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  karma.result(result)
+}
+
 var createMochaReporterConstructor = function (tc, pathname) {
   var isDebugPage = /debug.html$/.test(pathname)
 
@@ -129,7 +164,7 @@ var createMochaReporterConstructor = function (tc, pathname) {
       if (test.type === 'hook') {
         test.$errors = isDebugPage ? [error] : [simpleError]
         test.$assertionErrors = assertionError ? [assertionError] : []
-        runner.emit('test end', test)
+        reportTestResult(tc, test)
       } else {
         test.$errors.push(isDebugPage ? error : simpleError)
         if (assertionError) test.$assertionErrors.push(assertionError)
@@ -137,38 +172,7 @@ var createMochaReporterConstructor = function (tc, pathname) {
     })
 
     runner.on('test end', function (test) {
-      var skipped = test.pending === true
-
-      var result = {
-        id: '',
-        description: test.title,
-        suite: [],
-        success: test.state === 'passed',
-        skipped: skipped,
-        pending: skipped,
-        time: skipped ? 0 : test.duration,
-        log: test.$errors || [],
-        assertionErrors: test.$assertionErrors || [],
-        startTime: test.$startTime,
-        endTime: Date.now()
-      }
-
-      var pointer = test.parent
-      while (!pointer.root) {
-        result.suite.unshift(pointer.title)
-        pointer = pointer.parent
-      }
-
-      if (haveMochaConfig(tc) && tc.config.mocha.expose && tc.config.mocha.expose.forEach) {
-        result.mocha = {}
-        tc.config.mocha.expose.forEach(function (prop) {
-          if (test.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
-            result.mocha[prop] = test[prop]
-          }
-        })
-      }
-
-      tc.result(result)
+      reportTestResult(tc, test)
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/src/adapter.spec.js b/test/src/adapter.spec.js
index a0b4956..c0097d3 100644
--- a/test/src/adapter.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/adapter.spec.js
@@ -290,6 +290,21 @@ describe('adapter mocha', function () {
         expect(tc.result.called).to.eq(true)
       })
 
+      it('should not emit test end on hook failure', function () {
+        const testEndStub = sandbox.stub()
+        runner.on('test end', testEndStub)
+
+        var mockMochaHook = {
+          type: 'hook',
+          title: 'scenario "before each" hook',
+          parent: {title: 'desc1', root: true}
+        }
+
+        runner.emit('hook', mockMochaHook)
+        runner.emit('fail', mockMochaHook, {message: 'hook failed'})
+        expect(testEndStub.called).to.eq(false)
+      })
+
       it('should end the test only once on uncaught exceptions', function () {
         sandbox.stub(tc, 'result', function (result) {
           expect(result.success).to.to.eql(false)