diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 7e7427bb15..f88410ff33 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ tests += [
   { 'name': 'virfirewalltest' },
   { 'name': 'virhostcputest', 'link_whole': [ test_file_wrapper_lib ] },
   { 'name': 'virhostdevtest' },
+  { 'name': 'viridentitytest' },
   { 'name': 'viriscsitest' },
   { 'name': 'virkeycodetest' },
   { 'name': 'virkmodtest' },
@@ -483,7 +484,6 @@ if conf.has('WITH_SECDRIVER_SELINUX')
   if conf.has('WITH_LIBATTR')
     tests += [
       { 'name': 'securityselinuxtest' },
-      { 'name': 'viridentitytest' },
     ]
 
     if conf.has('WITH_QEMU')
diff --git a/tests/viridentitytest.c b/tests/viridentitytest.c
index fd01eeaa80..afb9fdaec4 100644
--- a/tests/viridentitytest.c
+++ b/tests/viridentitytest.c
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ static int testIdentityGetSystem(const void *data)
 #if !WITH_SELINUX
     if (context) {
         VIR_DEBUG("libvirt not compiled with SELinux, skipping this test");
-        ret = EXIT_AM_SKIP;
-        return -1;
+        return EXIT_AM_SKIP;
     }
 #endif