diff --git a/testcases/cve/cve-2015-3290.c b/testcases/cve/cve-2015-3290.c
index 87c9c956c..dbc2101a7 100644
--- a/testcases/cve/cve-2015-3290.c
+++ b/testcases/cve/cve-2015-3290.c
@@ -215,8 +215,14 @@ static void set_ldt(void)
 		.useable	 = 0
 	};
 
-	if (tst_syscall(__NR_modify_ldt, 1, &data_desc, sizeof(data_desc)) != 0)
-		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "modify_ldt");
+	TEST(tst_syscall(__NR_modify_ldt, 1, &data_desc, sizeof(data_desc)));
+	TEST_ERRNO = -(int)TEST_RETURN;
+	if (TEST_RETURN == -EINVAL) {
+		tst_brk(TCONF | TTERRNO,
+			"modify_ldt: 16-bit data segments are probably disabled");
+	} else if (TEST_RETURN != 0) {
+		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "modify_ldt");
+	}
 }
 
 static void try_corrupt_stack(unsigned short orig_ss)
@@ -474,6 +480,8 @@ static void run(void)
 	SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
 	if (WIFSIGNALED(status) && WTERMSIG(status) == SIGSEGV)
 		tst_res(TFAIL, "corrupted NMI stack");
+	else if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0)
+		tst_res(WEXITSTATUS(status), "Propogate child status");
 }
 
 static struct tst_test test = {