diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
index 50857eea6d5..8b36da03a60 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/8176717/TestInheritFD.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import static java.lang.Long.parseLong;
 import static java.lang.System.getProperty;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes;
 import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
-import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 import static jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder;
@@ -80,6 +79,12 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
         String logPath = createTempFile("logging", LOG_SUFFIX).getName();
         File commFile = createTempFile("communication", ".txt");
 
+        if (isWindows() == false && lsofCommand().isPresent() == false) {
+            System.out.println("Could not find lsof like command");
+            System.out.println("Exit test case as successful though it could not verify anything");
+            return;
+        }
+
         ProcessBuilder pb = createJavaProcessBuilder(
             "-Xlog:gc:\"" + logPath + "\"",
             "-Dtest.jdk=" + getProperty("test.jdk"),
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
             pb.inheritIO(); // in future, redirect information from third VM to first VM
             pb.start();
 
-            if (getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win") == false) {
+            if (!isWindows()) {
                 System.out.println("(Second VM) Open file descriptors:\n" + outputContainingFilenames().stream().collect(joining("\n")));
             }
         }
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
                 long parentPid = parseLong(args[1]);
                 fakeLeakyJVM(false); // for debugging of test case
 
-                if (getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win")) {
+                if (isWindows()) {
                     windows(logFile, parentPid);
                 } else {
                     Collection<String> output = outputContainingFilenames();
@@ -163,9 +168,12 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
         }
     }
 
-    static Collection<String> outputContainingFilenames() {
-        long pid = ProcessHandle.current().pid();
-        Optional<String[]> command = stream(new String[][]{
+    static boolean isWindows() {
+        return getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win");
+    }
+
+    static Optional<String[]> lsofCommand() {
+        return stream(new String[][]{
                 {"/usr/bin/lsof", "-p"},
                 {"/usr/sbin/lsof", "-p"},
                 {"/bin/lsof", "-p"},
@@ -174,10 +182,14 @@ public class TestInheritFD {
                 {"/usr/bin/pfiles", "-F"}}) // Solaris
             .filter(args -> new File(args[0]).exists())
             .findFirst();
+    }
+
+    static Collection<String> outputContainingFilenames() {
+        long pid = ProcessHandle.current().pid();
 
-        System.out.println("using command: " + command.map((c) -> c[0] + " " + c[1]).orElse("<not found>"));
-        // if command can not be found return list without log file (some machines does not have "lsof" in the expected place)
-        return command.map(c -> run(c[0], c[1], "" + pid).collect(toList())).orElse(emptyList());
+        String[] command = lsofCommand().orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("lsof like command not found"));
+        System.out.println("using command: " + command[0] + " " + command[1]);
+        return run(command[0], command[1], "" + pid).collect(toList());
     }
 
     static boolean findOpenLogFile(Collection<String> fileNames) {