diff --git a/qa/kern/getpid.c b/qa/kern/getpid.c
index 3965f53..50e53b2 100644
--- a/qa/kern/getpid.c
+++ b/qa/kern/getpid.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ main(void)
 {
 	int pid;
 
+	rfork(RFNAMEG);
 	pid = getmainpid(); // this comes from exec() syscall
 
 	if(getpid() != pid){
diff --git a/qa/kern/getppid.c b/qa/kern/getppid.c
index 4d92eed..e6b4142 100644
--- a/qa/kern/getppid.c
+++ b/qa/kern/getppid.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ main(void)
 	int ppid;
 	Waitmsg *w;
 
+	rfork(RFNAMEG);
 	if(rfork(RFPROC) == 0){
 		ppid = getmainpid(); // this comes from exec() syscall
 
diff --git a/qa/lib/c/asmscall.c b/qa/lib/c/asmscall.c
index 4aacda4..262ae3a 100644
--- a/qa/lib/c/asmscall.c
+++ b/qa/lib/c/asmscall.c
@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ main(void)
 	char *msg;
 
 	start = sys_remove("#c/time");
+	if (start == -1){
+		print("FAIL: start: remove #c/time: %r");
+		exits("FAIL");
+	}
 	sleep(1);
 	end = sys_remove("#c/time");
+	if (end == -1){
+		print("end: start: remove #c/time: %r");
+		exits("FAIL");
+	}
 
 	if (end <= start)
 		ret = 1;