diff --git a/jenkins-plugin/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/maven/publishers/JunitTestsPublisher.java b/jenkins-plugin/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/maven/publishers/JunitTestsPublisher.java
index 35cefdeb..ed760599 100644
--- a/jenkins-plugin/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/maven/publishers/JunitTestsPublisher.java
+++ b/jenkins-plugin/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/maven/publishers/JunitTestsPublisher.java
@@ -305,8 +305,23 @@ private void executeReporter(StepContext context, TaskListener listener, List<El
 
                 TestResultAction testResultAction = JUnitResultArchiver.parseAndAttach(archiver, pipelineTestDetails, run, workspace, launcher, listener);
 
-                if (testResultAction != null && testResultAction.getResult().getFailCount() > 0) {
-                    context.setResult(Result.UNSTABLE);
+                if (testResultAction == null) {
+                    // no unit test results found
+                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
+                        listener.getLogger().println("[withMaven] junitPublisher - no unit test results found, ignore");
+                    }
+                } else if (testResultAction.getResult().getFailCount() == 0) {
+                    // unit tests are all successful
+                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
+                        listener.getLogger().println("[withMaven] junitPublisher - unit tests are all successful");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
+                        listener.getLogger().println("[withMaven] junitPublisher - " + testResultAction.getResult().getFailCount() + " unit test failure(s) found, mark job as unstable");
+                    }
+                    // TODO: Once JENKINS-43995 lands, update this to set the step status instead of the entire build.
+                    // context.setResult(Result.UNSTABLE);
+                    run.setResult(Result.UNSTABLE);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 listener.error("[withMaven] junitPublisher - Silently ignore exception archiving JUnit results for Maven artifact " + mavenArtifact.toString() + " generated by " + pluginInvocation + ": " + e);