diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
index fd71c9fd498..38d462ec9d3 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import static java.lang.Long.parseLong;
 import static java.lang.System.getProperty;
 import static java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes;
+import static java.nio.file.Files.readSymbolicLink;
+import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 import static jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ import com.sun.management.UnixOperatingSystemMXBean;
  * @test TestInheritFD
  * @bug 8176717 8176809
  * @summary a new process should not inherit open file descriptors
+ * @requires (os.family != "mac")
  * @library /test/lib
  * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
  *          java.management
@@ -66,10 +70,11 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
     public static final String LEAKS_FD = "VM RESULT => LEAKS FD";
     public static final String RETAINS_FD = "VM RESULT => RETAINS FD";
     public static final String EXIT = "VM RESULT => VM EXIT";
+    public static final String LOG_SUFFIX = ".strangelogsuffixthatcanbecheckedfor";
 
     // first VM
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        String logPath = createTempFile("logging", ".log").getName();
+        String logPath = createTempFile("logging", LOG_SUFFIX).getName();
         File commFile = createTempFile("communication", ".txt");
 
         ProcessBuilder pb = createJavaProcessBuilder(
@@ -107,6 +112,8 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
                 "" + (supportsUnixMXBean()?+unixNrFD():-1));
             pb.inheritIO(); // in future, redirect information from third VM to first VM
             pb.start();
+
+            findOpenLogFile();
         }
     }
 
@@ -119,8 +126,13 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
 
             if(supportsUnixMXBean()){
                 long thisFDCount = unixNrFD();
-                System.out.println("This VM FD-count (" + thisFDCount + ") should be strictly less than parent VM FD-count (" + parentFDCount + ") as log file should have been closed");
-                System.out.println(thisFDCount<parentFDCount?RETAINS_FD:LEAKS_FD);
+                System.out.println("This VM FD-count ("
+                        + thisFDCount
+                        + ") should be strictly less than parent VM FD-count ("
+                        + parentFDCount
+                        + ") as log file should have been closed, HOWEVER, THIS CAN NOT BE RELIED"
+                        + " ON as files in /proc and /sys is opened by the JVM");
+                System.out.println(findOpenLogFile()?LEAKS_FD:RETAINS_FD);
             } else if (getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win")) {
                 windows(logFile, parentPid);
             } else {
@@ -139,10 +151,32 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
         return osBean.getOpenFileDescriptorCount();
     }
 
+    static File linkTarget(File f) {
+        try {
+            return readSymbolicLink(f.toPath()).toFile();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return new File("Error: could not read symbolic link (last link can not be read as it points to the /proc/self/fd directory that has been closed): " + e.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static boolean findOpenLogFile() {
+        File dir = new File("/proc/self/fd");
+
+        System.out.println("Open file descriptors:\n" + stream(dir.listFiles())
+            .map(f -> "###" + f.getAbsolutePath() + " -> " + linkTarget(f))
+            .collect(joining("\n")));
+
+        return stream(dir.listFiles())
+            .map(TestInheritFD::linkTarget)
+            .filter(f -> f.getName().endsWith(LOG_SUFFIX))
+            .findAny()
+            .isPresent();
+    }
+
     static void windows(File f, long parentPid) throws InterruptedException {
         System.out.println("waiting for pid: " + parentPid);
         ProcessHandle.of(parentPid).ifPresent(handle -> handle.onExit().join());
         System.out.println("trying to rename file to the same name: " + f);
-        System.out.println(f.renameTo(f)?RETAINS_FD:LEAKS_FD); // this parts communicates a closed file descriptor by printing "CLOSED FD"
+        System.out.println(f.renameTo(f)?RETAINS_FD:LEAKS_FD); // this parts communicates a closed file descriptor by printing "VM RESULT => RETAINS FD"
     }
 }
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