diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory b/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
index 221651270..31375a559 100755
--- a/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
   (lambda (k . args)
     (print-exception (current-error-port) #f k args)
     (write "Skipping test.\n" (current-error-port))
-    (exit 0)))
+    (exit 77))) ; unresolved
 
 ;; 50 MB.
 (define *limit* (* 50 1024 1024))
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
     (lambda _
       #t)))
 
+;; Prevent `test' from being inlined, which might cause an unused
+;; allocation to be omitted.
+(set! test test)
+
 (use-modules (rnrs bytevectors))
 
 (test (lambda ()