diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl01.c
index c84a72b9a25..d7886f35865 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl01.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2001
  * Copyright (c) 2020 Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (c) Linux Test Project, 2002-2023
+ * Copyright (c) Linux Test Project, 2002-2024
  * 07/2001 Ported by Wayne Boyer
  * 04/2002 Fixes by wjhuie
  */
@@ -59,8 +59,42 @@ static struct tcase {
 
 static void verify_ioctl(unsigned int i)
 {
-	TST_EXP_FAIL(ioctl(*(tcases[i].fd), tcases[i].request, tcases[i].s_tio),
-		     tcases[i].error, "%s", tcases[i].desc);
+	struct tcase *tc = &tcases[i];
+
+	TST_EXP_FAIL(ioctl(*(tc->fd), tc->request, tc->s_tio), tc->error, "%s",
+		     tc->desc);
+}
+
+static void test_bad_addr(unsigned int i)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	int status;
+
+	pid = SAFE_FORK();
+	if (!pid) {
+		verify_ioctl(i);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
+
+	if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status))
+		return;
+
+	if (WIFSIGNALED(status) && WTERMSIG(status) == SIGSEGV) {
+		tst_res(TPASS, "Child killed by expected signal");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tst_res(TFAIL, "Child %s", tst_strstatus(status));
+}
+
+static void do_test(unsigned int i)
+{
+	if (tcases[i].error == EFAULT)
+		test_bad_addr(i);
+	else
+		verify_ioctl(i);
 }
 
 static void setup(void)
@@ -86,6 +120,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
 	.needs_tmpdir = 1,
 	.setup = setup,
 	.cleanup = cleanup,
-	.test = verify_ioctl,
-	.tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases)
+	.test = do_test,
+	.tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases),
+	.forks_child = 1,
 };