diff --git a/minix/tests/common-socket.c b/minix/tests/common-socket.c
index 9300fa528..7de4f39ff 100644
--- a/minix/tests/common-socket.c
+++ b/minix/tests/common-socket.c
@@ -1637,12 +1637,12 @@ test_nonblock(const struct socket_test_info *info)
 		test_fail("recv() should have yielded EAGAIN");
 
 	/* This may be an implementation aspect, or even plain wrong (?). */
-	if (send(client_sd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0) != -1) {
-		if (!info->ignore_send_waiting) {
+	if (!info->ignore_send_waiting) {
+		if (send(client_sd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0) != -1) {
 			test_fail("send() should have failed");
+		} else if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+			test_fail("send() should have yielded EAGAIN");
 		}
-	} else if (errno != EAGAIN) {
-		test_fail("send() should have yielded EAGAIN");
 	}
 
 	switch (fork()) {