diff --git a/tests/virlockspacetest.c b/tests/virlockspacetest.c
index 8673700bc2779eb67a65e75b17893130e32368da..76783960adcc53ff27ee686979d1755b2fba37e9 100644
--- a/tests/virlockspacetest.c
+++ b/tests/virlockspacetest.c
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ static int testLockSpaceResourceLockPath(const void *args ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     lockspace = virLockSpaceNew(NULL);
 
-    mkdir(LOCKSPACE_DIR, 0700);
+    if (mkdir(LOCKSPACE_DIR, 0700) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
 
     if (virLockSpaceCreateResource(lockspace, LOCKSPACE_DIR "/foo") < 0)
         goto cleanup;