diff --git a/tests/signals/sigprocmask-9.c b/tests/signals/sigprocmask-9.c
index 2c46e98163..168eed88c4 100644
--- a/tests/signals/sigprocmask-9.c
+++ b/tests/signals/sigprocmask-9.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "../test_helpers.h"
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -8,27 +10,19 @@
 //  - sigprocmask() does not return -1.
 
 int main() {
-
 	sigset_t set1, set2;
-	int sigprocmask_return_val = 1;
+	int ret;
 
 	sigemptyset(&set1);
 	sigemptyset(&set2);
 	sigaddset(&set1, SIGKILL);
 	sigaddset(&set1, SIGSTOP);
-	sigprocmask_return_val = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set1, NULL);
-	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, &set2);
 
+	ret = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set1, NULL);
+    ERROR_IF(sigprocmask, ret, == -1);
+	ret = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, &set2);
+    ERROR_IF(sigprocmask, ret, == -1);
 
-	if (sigismember(&set2, SIGKILL)) {
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	} 
-	if (sigismember(&set2, SIGSTOP)) {
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	if (sigprocmask_return_val == -1) {
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
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+	assert(!sigismember(&set2, SIGKILL));
+	assert(!sigismember(&set2, SIGSTOP));
+}