diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
index a90f394f9aa9..d374878cc0ba 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ test_create_read()
 {
 	local file=$efivarfs_mount/$FUNCNAME-$test_guid
 	./create-read $file
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "create and read $file failed"
+		file_cleanup $file
+		exit 1
+	fi
 	file_cleanup $file
 }