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diff --git a/test/accum.c b/test/accum.c
index 91acf0f..f7d02fd 100644
--- a/test/accum.c
+++ b/test/accum.c
@@ -1838,7 +1838,6 @@ test_swmr_write_big(hbool_t newest_format)
pid_t pid; /* Process ID */
#endif /* H5_HAVE_UNISTD_H */
int status; /* Status returned from child process */
- char *new_argv[] = {NULL};
char *driver = NULL; /* VFD string (from env variable) */
hbool_t api_ctx_pushed = FALSE; /* Whether API context pushed */
@@ -1968,6 +1967,13 @@ test_swmr_write_big(hbool_t newest_format)
FAIL_STACK_ERROR;
}
else if(0 == pid) { /* Child process */
+ /* By convention, argv[0] tells the name of program invoked.
+ *
+ * execv on NetBSD 8 will actually return EFAULT if there is a
+ * NULL at argv[0], so we follow the convention unconditionally.
+ */
+ char swmr_reader[] = SWMR_READER;
+ char * const new_argv[] = {swmr_reader, NULL};
/* Run the reader */
status = HDexecv(SWMR_READER, new_argv);
HDprintf("errno from execv = %s\n", strerror(errno));