diff --git a/tests/core/sys/posix/structs.odin b/tests/core/sys/posix/structs.odin
index 1bc1af70f..a4e9c8d90 100644
--- a/tests/core/sys/posix/structs.odin
+++ b/tests/core/sys/posix/structs.odin
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ execute_struct_checks :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 		waiting: for {
 			status: i32
 			wpid := posix.waitpid(pid, &status, {})
-			if status == -1 && posix.errno() == .EINTR {
+			if wpid == -1 && posix.errno() == .EINTR {
 				continue
 			}
 			if !testing.expectf(t, wpid != -1, "waitpid() failure: %v", posix.strerror()) {