diff --git a/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/pthread_cond_timedwait/2-3.c b/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/pthread_cond_timedwait/2-3.c
index f887f6d0d0..d2b219a12f 100644
--- a/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/pthread_cond_timedwait/2-3.c
+++ b/src/tests/system/libroot/posix/posixtestsuite/conformance/interfaces/pthread_cond_timedwait/2-3.c
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  * Created by:  bing.wei.liu REMOVE-THIS AT intel DOT com
  * This file is licensed under the GPL license.  For the full content
- * of this license, see the COPYING file at the top level of this 
+ * of this license, see the COPYING file at the top level of this
  * source tree.
 
  * Test that pthread_cond_timedwait()
- *   shall be equivalent to pthread_cond_wait(), except that an error is returned 
+ *   shall be equivalent to pthread_cond_wait(), except that an error is returned
  *   if the absolute time specified by abstime has already been passed at the time
  *   of the call.
- * 
+ *
  */
- 
+
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
 
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ void *t1_func(void *arg)
 	int rc;
 	struct timeval  curtime;
 	struct timespec timeout;
-	
+
 	if (pthread_mutex_lock(&td.mutex) != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"Thread1 failed to acquire the mutex\n");
 		exit(PTS_UNRESOLVED);
 	}
 	fprintf(stderr,"Thread1 started\n");
 	t1_start = 1;	/* let main thread continue */
-	
+
 	if (gettimeofday(&curtime, NULL) !=0 ) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"Fail to get current time\n");
 		exit(PTS_UNRESOLVED);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int main()
 		return PTS_UNRESOLVED;
 	}
 
-	/* If the thread hasn't ended in 5 seconds, then most probably 
+	/* If the thread hasn't ended in 5 seconds, then most probably
 	 * pthread_cond_timedwait is failing to function correctly. */
 	alarm(5);
 
@@ -96,29 +96,24 @@ int main()
 		return PTS_UNRESOLVED;
 	}
 
-	/* Make sure pthread_cond_timedwait released and re-acquired the mutex 
+	/* Make sure pthread_cond_timedwait released and re-acquired the mutex
 	 * as it should. */
 	rc=pthread_mutex_trylock(&td.mutex);
-	if (rc == 0) {	
+	if (rc == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"Test FAILED: Did not re-acquire mutex after timedout out call to pthread_cond_timedwait\n");
 		return PTS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	if (pthread_mutex_unlock(&td.mutex) != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr,"Main failed to release mutex\n");
-		return PTS_UNRESOLVED;
-	}
-
 	if(th_ret == PTS_PASS)
 	{
-		printf("Test PASSED\n"); 
+		printf("Test PASSED\n");
 		return PTS_PASS;
 	}
 	else if(th_ret == PTS_FAIL)
 	{
-		printf("Test FAILED\n"); 
+		printf("Test FAILED\n");
 		return PTS_FAIL;
 	} else
-		return PTS_UNRESOLVED;	
+		return PTS_UNRESOLVED;
 }