diff --git a/tests/sys/mac/bsdextended/ugidfw_test.c b/tests/sys/mac/bsdextended/ugidfw_test.c
index 7c1dc2a6735f..aab8553c89e2 100644
--- a/tests/sys/mac/bsdextended/ugidfw_test.c
+++ b/tests/sys/mac/bsdextended/ugidfw_test.c
@@ -208,16 +208,6 @@ main(void)
 		return (0);
 	}
 
-	printf("1..%lu\n", nitems(test_users) + nitems(test_groups) +
-	    3 * nitems(test_strings) + 2);
-
-	/*
-	 * We can test some parts of the library without the MAC Framework
-	 * and policy loaded, so run those tests before calling
-	 * mac_is_present().
-	 */
-	test_libugidfw_strings();
-
 	switch (mac_is_present("bsdextended")) {
 	case -1:
 		printf("1..0 # SKIP mac_is_present failed: %s\n",
@@ -231,6 +221,11 @@ main(void)
 		return (0);
 	}
 
+	printf("1..%lu\n", nitems(test_users) + nitems(test_groups) +
+	    3 * nitems(test_strings) + 2);
+
+	test_libugidfw_strings();
+
 	/*
 	 * Some simple up-front checks to see if we're able to query the
 	 * policy for basic state.  We want the rule count to be 0 before