diff --git a/tests/posix/pthread/src/pthread.c b/tests/posix/pthread/src/pthread.c
index b9fc44d6c69..060f4300bbb 100644
--- a/tests/posix/pthread/src/pthread.c
+++ b/tests/posix/pthread/src/pthread.c
@@ -197,9 +197,12 @@ void test_pthread(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < N_THR; i++) {
 		ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr[i]);
-
-		/*TESTPOINT: Check if thread attr init is done*/
-		zassert_false(ret, "Thread attribute initialization failed\n");
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			zassert_false(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr[i]),
+				      "Unable to destroy pthread object attrib\n");
+			zassert_false(pthread_attr_init(&attr[i]),
+				      "Unable to create pthread object attrib\n");
+		}
 
 		pthread_attr_setstack(&attr[i], &stacks[i][0], STACKSZ);
 		pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attr[i], schedpolicy);
diff --git a/tests/posix/pthread_equal/src/pthread_equal.c b/tests/posix/pthread_equal/src/pthread_equal.c
index a1e82592016..2fc57e635b0 100644
--- a/tests/posix/pthread_equal/src/pthread_equal.c
+++ b/tests/posix/pthread_equal/src/pthread_equal.c
@@ -22,12 +22,19 @@ void *thread_top(void *p1)
 
 void test_pthread_equal(void)
 {
-	int ret = 1;
+	int ret = -1;
 	pthread_attr_t attr;
 	struct sched_param schedparam;
 	pthread_t newthread;
 
-	pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+	ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		zassert_false(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr),
+			      "Unable to destroy pthread object attrib\n");
+		zassert_false(pthread_attr_init(&attr),
+			      "Unable to create pthread object attrib\n");
+	}
+
 	schedparam.priority = 2;
 	pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &schedparam);
 	pthread_attr_setstack(&attr, &stacks[0][0], STACKSZ);
diff --git a/tests/posix/pthread_join/src/pthread.c b/tests/posix/pthread_join/src/pthread.c
index f5da62be9fa..0de209d2d25 100644
--- a/tests/posix/pthread_join/src/pthread.c
+++ b/tests/posix/pthread_join/src/pthread.c
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ void test_pthread_join(void)
 	printk("POSIX pthread join API\n");
 	/* Creating threads with lowest application priority */
 	for (i = 0; i < N_THR; i++) {
-		pthread_attr_init(&attr[i]);
+		ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr[i]);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			zassert_false(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr[i]),
+				      "Unable to destroy pthread object attrib\n");
+			zassert_false(pthread_attr_init(&attr[i]),
+				      "Unable to create pthread object attrib\n");
+		}
 
 		/* Setting pthread as JOINABLE */
 		pthread_attr_getdetachstate(&attr[i], &detachstate);
diff --git a/tests/posix/semaphore/src/sem.c b/tests/posix/semaphore/src/sem.c
index 43969ff19a1..0caa1048fcf 100644
--- a/tests/posix/semaphore/src/sem.c
+++ b/tests/posix/semaphore/src/sem.c
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ static void test_sema(void)
 	pthread_attr_t attr;
 	struct sched_param schedparam;
 	int schedpolicy = SCHED_FIFO;
-	int val;
+	int val, ret;
 
 	schedparam.priority = 1;
+	ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		zassert_false(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr),
+			      "Unable to destroy pthread object attrib\n");
+		zassert_false(pthread_attr_init(&attr),
+			      "Unable to create pthread object attrib\n");
+	}
 
-	pthread_attr_init(&attr);
 	pthread_attr_setstack(&attr, &stack, STACK_SIZE);
 	pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attr, schedpolicy);
 	pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &schedparam);