diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index 1d3caf996971..312743c4337f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ static void server_main(void)
 		data[i].worker_id = i;
 		data[i].sock_fd = env.worker_socks[i];
 		rc = pthread_create(&dispatcher_threads[i], NULL, dispatch_thread, &data[i]);
-		if (rc < 0) {
+		if (rc) {
 			perror("Failed to launch dispatcher thread");
 			exit(EXIT_ERR_SETUP_INFRA);
 		}