1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/execveat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/execveat.c
index e238c9559caf..8d5d1d2ee7c1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/execveat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/execveat.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static int execveat_(int fd, const char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
 #ifdef __NR_execveat
         return syscall(__NR_execveat, fd, path, argv, envp, flags);
 #else
-        errno = -ENOSYS;
+        errno = ENOSYS;
         return -1;
 #endif
 }
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ static int run_tests(void)
         int fd_cloexec = open_or_die("execveat", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
         int fd_script_cloexec = open_or_die("script", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
 
+        /* Check if we have execveat at all, and bail early if not */
+        errno = 0;
+        execveat_(-1, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+        if (errno == ENOSYS) {
+                printf("[FAIL] ENOSYS calling execveat - no kernel support?\n");
+                return 1;
+        }
+
         /* Change file position to confirm it doesn't affect anything */
         lseek(fd, 10, SEEK_SET);