diff --git a/tests/tests.cpp b/tests/tests.cpp
index 8a4f1a8f..865b8180 100644
--- a/tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -308,11 +308,13 @@ void
 test_rmdir()
 {
   int root_fd;
+  int dir_fd;
 
   root_fd = openat(AT_FDCWD,"/mnt/tmp",O_DIRECTORY,0777);
+  dir_fd  = mkdirat(root_fd,"test-dir",0777);
 
 
-
+  close(dir_fd);
   close(root_fd);
 }