diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
index 763f37fecfb86b5ba37ee4eae409712939d5edb8..7f2e999839c2671d8487bd718ca9c7d04515a6c5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ static int do_tests(int uid, const char *our_path)
 						true, true, true, false);
 	} else {
 		printf("[RUN]\tNon-root +ia, sgidnonroot => i\n");
-		exec_other_validate_cap("./validate_cap_sgidnonroot",
+		if (fork_wait())
+			exec_other_validate_cap("./validate_cap_sgidnonroot",
 					false, false, true, false);
 
 		if (fork_wait()) {