diff --git a/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/sem_init/6-1.c b/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/sem_init/6-1.c
index e05c41c414..294368762b 100644
--- a/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/sem_init/6-1.c
+++ b/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/sem_init/6-1.c
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
 int main()
 {
 	sem_t   mysemp;
+#ifdef _SC_SEM_VALUE_MAX
+	int counter = sysconf(_SC_SEM_VALUE_MAX);
+#else
 	int counter = SEM_VALUE_MAX;
+#endif
 
-	if (SEM_VALUE_MAX >= INT_MAX)
+	if (counter >= INT_MAX)
 	{
 		puts("Test skipped");
 		return PTS_PASS;