diff --git a/tests/fail-dep/libc/socketpair_block_read_twice.rs b/tests/fail-dep/libc/socketpair_block_read_twice.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/pass-dep/libc/libc-socketpair.rs b/tests/pass-dep/libc/libc-socketpair.rs
index 64decb6c3b..76f8e80a8b 100644
--- a/tests/pass-dep/libc/libc-socketpair.rs
+++ b/tests/pass-dep/libc/libc-socketpair.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fn test_blocking_write() {
     let thread1 = thread::spawn(move || {
         let data = "abc".as_bytes().as_ptr();
         // The write below will be blocked because the buffer is already full.
-        let res = unsafe { libc::write(fds[0], data as *const libc::c_void, 3) }; //~ERROR: deadlock
+        let res = unsafe { libc::write(fds[0], data as *const libc::c_void, 3) };
         assert_eq!(res, 3);
     });
     let thread2 = thread::spawn(move || {