diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index cbedb4a6cf7b..3c8f2965c285 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -462,9 +462,13 @@ static inline pid_t clone3_vfork(void)
 		munmap(teardown, sizeof(*teardown)); \
 		if (self && fixture_name##_teardown_parent) \
 			munmap(self, sizeof(*self)); \
-		if (!WIFEXITED(status) && WIFSIGNALED(status)) \
+		if (WIFEXITED(status)) { \
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status)) \
+				_metadata->exit_code = WEXITSTATUS(status); \
+		} else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) { \
 			/* Forward signal to __wait_for_test(). */ \
 			kill(getpid(), WTERMSIG(status)); \
+		} \
 		__test_check_assert(_metadata); \
 	} \
 	static struct __test_metadata *_##fixture_name##_##test_name##_object; \