diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 2fb096a2a9f9..a25eb097b31c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -1280,8 +1280,11 @@ static int tcp_server(const char *cgroup, void *arg)
 	saddr.sin6_port = htons(srv_args->port);
 
 	sk = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-	if (sk < 0)
+	if (sk < 0) {
+		/* Pass back errno to the ctl_fd */
+		write(ctl_fd, &errno, sizeof(errno));
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (setsockopt(sk, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(yes)) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1412,6 +1415,12 @@ static int test_memcg_sock(const char *root)
 			goto cleanup;
 		close(args.ctl[0]);
 
+		/* Skip if address family not supported by protocol */
+		if (err == EAFNOSUPPORT) {
+			ret = KSFT_SKIP;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
 		if (!err)
 			break;
 		if (err != EADDRINUSE)