t/search.t | 3 ++-

diff --git a/t/search.t b/t/search.t
index 830c668ed81cd442f836253d9a1dd5104973cb57..a728d79f77aa725355f9eaa8da4f1d9fc269adaa 100644
--- a/t/search.t
+++ b/t/search.t
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ my $git_dir = "$tmpdir/a.git";
 my $ibx = PublicInbox::Inbox->new({ mainrepo => $git_dir });
 my ($root_id, $last_id);
 
-is(0, system(qw(git init --shared -q --bare), $git_dir), "git init (main)");
+is(0, system(qw(git init --shared -q --bare), $git_dir), "git init (main)")
+	or BAIL_OUT("`git init --shared' failed, weird FS or seccomp?");
 eval { PublicInbox::Search->new($ibx)->xdb };
 ok($@, "exception raised on non-existent DB");