1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cancel7.c b/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
index 2835613a9b..ef9e11ce58 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ tf (void *arg)
 {
   char *cmd = xasprintf ("%s --direct --sem %s --pidfile %s",
 			 command, semfilename, pidfilename);
-  system (cmd);
+  if (system (cmd))
+    FAIL_EXIT1("system call unexpectedly returned");
   /* This call should never return.  */
   return NULL;
 }