Index: ltp/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sockioctl/sockioctl01.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/ltp/ltp/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sockioctl/sockioctl01.c,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 sockioctl01.c
--- ltp/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sockioctl/sockioctl01.c	26 Apr 2008 14:34:29 -0000	1.8
+++ ltp/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sockioctl/sockioctl01.c	8 May 2008 22:48:14 -0000
@@ -194,7 +194,10 @@
 		s = 1025;	/* anything not an open file */
 	else {
 		tst_tmpdir();
-		if((s = mknod("test", O_RDWR | O_CREAT | S_IFIFO, 0 )) == -1)
+		if((mknod("test", O_RDWR | O_CREAT | S_IFIFO, 0 )) == -1)
+				tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "Could not create test - "
+				"errno: %s", strerror(errno));
+		if((s = open("test", O_RDWR)) == -1)
 				tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup, "Could not open test - "
 				"errno: %s", strerror(errno));
 	}