1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tests/shutdown_stress.cpp b/tests/shutdown_stress.cpp
index 27ab1f0..f106cc0 100644
--- a/tests/shutdown_stress.cpp
+++ b/tests/shutdown_stress.cpp
@@ -69,13 +69,18 @@ int XS_TEST_MAIN ()
 
         for (i = 0; i != THREAD_COUNT; i++) {
             s2 = xs_socket (ctx, XS_SUB);
-            assert (s2);
-            threads [i] = thread_create (shutdown_stress_worker, s2);
-            assert (threads [i]);
+            if (!s2 && (errno == EMFILE || errno == ENFILE))
+                threads [i] = NULL;
+            else {
+                assert (s2);
+                threads [i] = thread_create (shutdown_stress_worker, s2);
+                assert (threads [i]);
+            }
         }
 
         for (i = 0; i != THREAD_COUNT; i++)
-            thread_join (threads [i]);
+            if (threads [i])
+                thread_join (threads [i]);
 
         rc = xs_close (s1);
         assert (rc == 0);