diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/load_unaligned_zeropad.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/load_unaligned_zeropad.c
index cf7a4a114a90424175f47e9f65da0df8cb80aff2..cd7af4e1b65a3ce3087649348846f539174b3542 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/load_unaligned_zeropad.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/load_unaligned_zeropad.c
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ static int do_one_test(char *p, int page_offset)
 
 	got = load_unaligned_zeropad(p);
 
-	if (should != got)
+	if (should != got) {
 		printf("offset %u load_unaligned_zeropad returned 0x%lx, should be 0x%lx\n", page_offset, got, should);
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }