diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6dd605aa5..486a7c358 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -125,10 +125,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install fonttools
       - run: update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/ld" "ld" "/usr/bin/ld.lld" 10
       - run: wget https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.28/glib-2.28.0.tar.bz2 && tar xf glib-2.28.0.tar.bz2 && cd glib-2.28.0 && ./autogen.sh || true && ./configure CPPFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" LD=ld.lld CC=clang CXX=clang++ && make -j32 && make install && cd ..
-      - run: wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.9.tar.bz2 && tar xf freetype-2.9.tar.bz2 && cd freetype-2.9 && CPPFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" LD=ld.lld CC=clang CXX=clang++ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make -j32 && cd ..
+      - run: wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.9.tar.bz2 && tar xf freetype-2.9.tar.bz2 && cd freetype-2.9 && CPPFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" LD=ld.lld CC=clang CXX=clang++ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make -j32 && make install && cd ..
       - run: CPPFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" LD=ld.lld CC=clang CXX=clang++ ./autogen.sh --with-freetype --with-glib --with-cairo --with-icu --with-graphite2
       - run: make -j32
-      - run: MSAN_OPTIONS=exitcode=42 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/freetype-2.9/objs/.libs" make check || .ci/fail.sh | asan_symbolize | c++filt
+      - run: MSAN_OPTIONS=exitcode=42 make check --ignore-errors
+      # always run fail, till we fix msan "make check" isssue and remove --ignore-erros, then we can merge the two lines
+      - run: .ci/fail.sh | asan_symbolize | c++filt
 
   clang-tsan:
     docker: