1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tests/status-request.c b/tests/status-request.c
index 8a4f2691d4..a9cf79ab28 100644
--- a/tests/status-request.c
+++ b/tests/status-request.c
@@ -329,14 +329,7 @@ void doit(void)
 		close(fd[1]);
 		client(fd[0]);
 		waitpid(child, &status, 0);
-		if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 ||
-		    (WIFSIGNALED(status) && WTERMSIG(status) == SIGSEGV)) {
-			if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
-				fail("Child died with sigsegv\n");
-			else
-				fail("Child died with status %d\n",
-				     WEXITSTATUS(status));
-		}
+		check_wait_status(status);
 	} else {
 		close(fd[0]);
 		server(fd[1]);