diff --git a/gio/tests/socket.c b/gio/tests/socket.c
index aea71dd45..e095d0195 100644
--- a/gio/tests/socket.c
+++ b/gio/tests/socket.c
@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ create_server_full (GSocketFamily   family,
     {
       g_socket_set_option (data->server, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, FALSE, NULL);
       if (!g_socket_speaks_ipv4 (data->server))
-        goto error;
+        {
+          g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+                               "IPv6-only server cannot speak IPv4");
+          goto error;
+        }
     }
 #endif