diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/driver.py b/src/ert/scheduler/driver.py
index 4d2f8f5b4e1..f61719e8339 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/driver.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/driver.py
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ async def _execute_with_retry(
         total_attempts: int = 1,
         retry_interval: float = 1.0,
         driverlogger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None,
-        exit_on_msgs: Iterable[str] = (),
+        return_on_msgs: Iterable[str] = (),
+        error_on_msgs: Iterable[str] = (),
         log_to_debug: Optional[bool] = True,
     ) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
         _logger = driverlogger or logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -117,11 +118,16 @@ async def _execute_with_retry(
                             f'Command "{shlex.join(cmd_with_args)}" succeeded with {outputs}'
                         )
                     return True, stdout.decode(errors="ignore").strip()
-            elif exit_on_msgs and any(
-                exit_on_msg in stderr.decode(errors="ignore")
-                for exit_on_msg in exit_on_msgs
+            elif return_on_msgs and any(
+                return_on_msg in stderr.decode(errors="ignore")
+                for return_on_msg in return_on_msgs
             ):
                 return True, stderr.decode(errors="ignore").strip()
+            elif error_on_msgs and any(
+                error_on_msg in stderr.decode(errors="ignore")
+                for error_on_msg in error_on_msgs
+            ):
+                return False, stderr.decode(errors="ignore").strip()
             elif process.returncode in retry_codes:
                 error_message = outputs
             elif process.returncode in accept_codes:
diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py b/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
index ca0c0cb344f..d2abcd1618a 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class RunningJob:
 LSF_INFO_JSON_FILENAME = "lsf_info.json"
 FLAKY_SSH_RETURNCODE = 255
 JOB_ALREADY_FINISHED_BKILL_MSG = "Job has already finished"
+BSUB_FAILURE_MESSAGES = ("Job not submitted",)
 
 
 def _parse_jobs_dict(jobs: Mapping[str, JobState]) -> dict[str, AnyJob]:
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ async def submit(
                 retry_codes=(FLAKY_SSH_RETURNCODE,),
                 total_attempts=self._bsub_retries,
                 retry_interval=self._sleep_time_between_cmd_retries,
+                error_on_msgs=BSUB_FAILURE_MESSAGES,
             )
             if not process_success:
                 self._job_error_message_by_iens[iens] = process_message
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ async def kill(self, iens: int) -> None:
                 retry_codes=(FLAKY_SSH_RETURNCODE,),
                 total_attempts=3,
                 retry_interval=self._sleep_time_between_cmd_retries,
-                exit_on_msgs=(JOB_ALREADY_FINISHED_BKILL_MSG),
+                return_on_msgs=(JOB_ALREADY_FINISHED_BKILL_MSG),
             )
             await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(
                 f"sleep {self._sleep_time_between_bkills}; {self._bkill_cmd} -s SIGKILL {job_id}",
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py b/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
index aa8c3310d6b..4a1a85ce0eb 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
@@ -568,6 +568,45 @@ async def test_that_bsub_will_retry_and_fail(
         await driver.submit(0, "sleep 10")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("exit_code, error_msg"),
+    [
+        # All these have been manually obtained on the command line by perturbing the command arguments to bsub:
+        (255, "No such queue. Job not submitted"),
+        (255, "Too many processors requested. Job not submitted."),
+        (255, 'Error near "select" : duplicate section. Job not submitted.'),
+        (
+            255,
+            "Error in select section: Expected number, string, "
+            'name, or "(" but found end of section. Job not submitted.',
+        ),
+        (
+            255,
+            "Error with <select[rhel < 8 && cs & x86_64Linux] rusage[mem=50]>:"
+            " '&' cannot be used in the resource requirement section. Job not submitted.",
+        ),
+        (255, "Error in rusage section. Job not submitted."),
+        (255, "Job not submitted."),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_that_bsub_will_fail_without_retries(
+    monkeypatch, tmp_path, exit_code, error_msg
+):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    bin_path = Path("bin")
+    bin_path.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", f"{bin_path}:{os.environ['PATH']}")
+    bsub_path = bin_path / "bsub"
+    bsub_path.write_text(
+        f'#!/bin/sh\necho . >> bsubcalls\necho "{error_msg}" >&2\nexit {exit_code}'
+    )
+    bsub_path.chmod(bsub_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
+    driver = LsfDriver()
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        await driver.submit(0, "sleep 10")
+    assert len(Path("bsubcalls").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()) == 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("exit_code, error_msg"),
     [