diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56f7637a3e..938c7aa1eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-04  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c (do_test): Call perror when
+	cpu2 is -1 and errno is not ENOSYS.
+
 2012-06-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	[BZ #14117]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c
index bf3cb57dd8..77baebc0a8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ do_test (void)
 	  else
 	    {
 	      int cpu2 = sched_getcpu ();
-	      if (cpu2 == -1 && errno == ENOSYS)
+	      if (cpu2 == -1)
 		{
-		  puts ("getcpu syscall not implemented");
-		  return 0;
+		  if (errno == ENOSYS)
+		    {
+		      puts ("getcpu syscall not implemented");
+		      return 0;
+		    }
+		  perror ("getcpu failed");
+		  result = 1;
 		}
 	      if (cpu2 != cpu)
 		{