diff --git a/tests/fork_func/check.h b/tests/fork_func/check.h
index 1cc16bcf..ac8df5d3 100644
--- a/tests/fork_func/check.h
+++ b/tests/fork_func/check.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int check_exit(void);
 
 /**
  * check_exec(void):
- * Check that fork_func() works with exec().
+ * Check that fork_func() works with an exec* function.
  */
 int check_exec(void);
 
diff --git a/tests/fork_func/check_exec.c b/tests/fork_func/check_exec.c
index c7ab07db..037d387a 100644
--- a/tests/fork_func/check_exec.c
+++ b/tests/fork_func/check_exec.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func_exec(void * cookie)
 
 	(void)cookie; /* UNUSED */
 
+	/* Execute the "true" binary found in the $PATH. */
 	if (execlp("true", "true", NULL))
 		warnp("execvp");
 
@@ -20,14 +21,19 @@ func_exec(void * cookie)
 
 /**
  * check_exec(void):
- * Check that fork_func() works with exec().
+ * Check that fork_func() works with an exec* function.
  */
 int
 check_exec(void)
 {
+	pid_t pid;
 
 	/* Fork. */
-	if (fork_func(func_exec, NULL) == -1)
+	if ((pid = fork_func(func_exec, NULL) == -1))
+		goto err0;
+
+	/* Check that it didn't fail. */
+	if (fork_func_wait(pid) != 0)
 		goto err0;
 
 	/* Success! */