diff --git a/tools/testing/shared/linux.c b/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
index e0a0693df08f..a37d2f86d325 100644
--- a/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
+++ b/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct list_lru *lru,
 	} else {
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&cachep->lock);
 		if (cachep->align) {
-			if (posix_memalign(&p, cachep->align, cachep->size) < 0)
+			if (posix_memalign(&p, cachep->align, cachep->size))
 				return NULL;
 		} else {
 			p = malloc(cachep->size);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp, size_t size,
 
 			if (cachep->align) {
 				if (posix_memalign(&p[i], cachep->align,
-					       cachep->size) < 0)
+					       cachep->size))
 					break;
 			} else {
 				p[i] = malloc(cachep->size);