diff --git a/src/elf.rs b/src/elf.rs
index b306a3790..810d9e33f 100644
--- a/src/elf.rs
+++ b/src/elf.rs
@@ -1916,6 +1916,22 @@ mod test {
         ElfExecutable::load(&elf_bytes, loader()).expect("validation failed");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "validation failed: UnresolvedSymbol(\"log\", 39, 312)")]
+    fn test_err_unresolved_syscall_reloc_64_32() {
+        let loader = BuiltinProgram::new_loader(
+            Config {
+                enabled_sbpf_versions: SBPFVersion::V1..=SBPFVersion::V1,
+                reject_broken_elfs: true,
+                ..Config::default()
+            },
+            FunctionRegistry::default(),
+        );
+        let elf_bytes =
+            std::fs::read("tests/elfs/syscall_reloc_64_32_sbpfv1.so").expect("failed to read elf file");
+        ElfExecutable::load(&elf_bytes, Arc::new(loader)).expect("validation failed");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_long_section_name() {
         let elf_bytes = std::fs::read("tests/elfs/long_section_name.so").unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/execution.rs b/tests/execution.rs
index 00259f110..3eea021aa 100644
--- a/tests/execution.rs
+++ b/tests/execution.rs
@@ -3035,25 +3035,6 @@ fn test_syscall_reloc_64_32() {
     );
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_err_unresolved_syscall_reloc_64_32() {
-    let loader = BuiltinProgram::new_loader(
-        Config {
-            enabled_sbpf_versions: SBPFVersion::V1..=SBPFVersion::V1,
-            reject_broken_elfs: true,
-            ..Config::default()
-        },
-        FunctionRegistry::default(),
-    );
-    let mut file = File::open("tests/elfs/syscall_reloc_64_32_sbpfv1.so").unwrap();
-    let mut elf = Vec::new();
-    file.read_to_end(&mut elf).unwrap();
-    assert_error!(
-        Executable::<TestContextObject>::from_elf(&elf, Arc::new(loader)),
-        "UnresolvedSymbol(\"log\", 39, 312)"
-    );
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_reloc_64_64_sbpfv1() {
     // Tests the correctness of R_BPF_64_64 relocations. The program returns the