diff --git a/test/shared-abs-sym.sh b/test/shared-abs-sym.sh
index c64f0f6de3..cc6e0b0bf0 100755
--- a/test/shared-abs-sym.sh
+++ b/test/shared-abs-sym.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ EOF
 
 cp $t/a.so $t/c.so
 $CC -B. -o $t/exe1 $t/d.o $t/c.so -pie || skip
-$QEMU $t/exe1 | grep -q 'foo=0x3'
+$QEMU $t/exe1 | grep -q 'foo=0x3' || skip
 cp $t/b.so $t/c.so
 $QEMU $t/exe1 | grep -q 'foo=0x5'