diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index 38f651469968..04f0611234d7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -4053,18 +4053,17 @@ TEST(user_notification_addfd)
 	/* There may be arbitrary already-open fds at test start. */
 	memfd = memfd_create("test", 0);
 	ASSERT_GE(memfd, 0);
-	nextfd = memfd + 1;
 
 	ret = prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0);
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ret) {
 		TH_LOG("Kernel does not support PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS!");
 	}
 
-	/* fd: 4 */
 	/* Check that the basic notification machinery works */
 	listener = user_notif_syscall(__NR_getppid,
 				      SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_NEW_LISTENER);
-	ASSERT_EQ(listener, nextfd++);
+	ASSERT_GE(listener, 0);
+	nextfd = listener + 1;
 
 	pid = fork();
 	ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);