diff --git a/test/litest-selftest.c b/test/litest-selftest.c
index cc1733f3..f4188445 100644
--- a/test/litest-selftest.c
+++ b/test/litest-selftest.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
          * raised by a test will fail in valgrind. There's nothing to
          * memcheck here anyway, so just skip the valgrind test */
         if (RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND)
-            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+            return 77;
 
 	s = litest_assert_macros_suite();
         sr = srunner_create(s);
diff --git a/test/test-utils.c b/test/test-utils.c
index 61febce9..356cd435 100644
--- a/test/test-utils.c
+++ b/test/test-utils.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
          * raised by a test will fail in valgrind. There's nothing to
          * memcheck here anyway, so just skip the valgrind test */
         if (RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND)
-            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+            return 77;
 
 	s = litest_utils_suite();
         sr = srunner_create(s);