diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/madvise/madvise08.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/madvise/madvise08.c
index 96bcaf159aa..b8096abef2c 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/madvise/madvise08.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/madvise/madvise08.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static pid_t run_child(int advice)
 				fmem,
 				FMEMSIZE,
 				advstr);
-			exit(1);
+			exit(0);
 		}
 		abort();
 	}
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static pid_t run_child(int advice)
 	SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
 	if (WIFSIGNALED(status) && WCOREDUMP(status))
 		return pid;
-	if (WIFEXITED(status))
+	if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status))
 		return 0;
 
 	tst_res(TCONF, "No coredump produced after signal (%d)",
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/select/select03.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/select/select03.c
index 1cec3a4c763..216b22104f0 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/select/select03.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/select/select03.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void run(unsigned int n)
 
 	SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
 
-	if (WIFEXITED(status))
+	if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status))
 		return;
 
 	if (tst_variant == GLIBC_SELECT_VARIANT &&