diff --git a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
index f889a21544..50b9da3fea 100644
--- a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
+++ b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <support/check.h>
 
-static void
-do_test_with_invalid_flags (void)
-{
 #ifndef RWF_HIPRI
 # define RWF_HIPRI 0
 #endif
@@ -39,6 +36,68 @@ do_test_with_invalid_flags (void)
 #endif
 #define RWF_SUPPORTED	(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT \
 			 | RWF_APPEND)
+
+static void
+do_test_with_invalid_fd (void)
+{
+  char buf[256];
+  struct iovec iov = { buf, sizeof buf };
+
+  /* Check with flag being 0 to use the fallback code which calls pwritev
+     or writev.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY (preadv2 (-1, &iov, 1, -1, 0) == -1);
+  TEST_COMPARE (errno, EBADF);
+  TEST_VERIFY (pwritev2 (-1, &iov, 1, -1, 0) == -1);
+  TEST_COMPARE (errno, EBADF);
+
+  /* Same tests as before but with flags being different than 0.  Since
+     there is no emulation for any flag value, fallback code returns
+     ENOTSUP.  This is different running on a kernel with preadv2/pwritev2
+     support, where EBADF is returned).  */
+  TEST_VERIFY (preadv2 (-1, &iov, 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (errno == EBADF || errno == ENOTSUP);
+  TEST_VERIFY (pwritev2 (-1, &iov, 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (errno == EBADF || errno == ENOTSUP);
+}
+
+static void
+do_test_with_invalid_iov (void)
+{
+  {
+    char buf[256];
+    struct iovec iov;
+
+    iov.iov_base = buf;
+    iov.iov_len = (size_t)SSIZE_MAX + 1;
+
+    TEST_VERIFY (preadv2 (temp_fd, &iov, 1, 0, 0) == -1);
+    TEST_COMPARE (errno, EINVAL);
+    TEST_VERIFY (pwritev2 (temp_fd, &iov, 1, 0, 0) == -1);
+    TEST_COMPARE (errno, EINVAL);
+
+    /* Same as for invalid file descriptor tests, emulation fallback
+       first checks for flag value and return ENOTSUP.  */
+    TEST_VERIFY (preadv2 (temp_fd, &iov, 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+    TEST_VERIFY (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOTSUP);
+    TEST_VERIFY (pwritev2 (temp_fd, &iov, 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+    TEST_VERIFY (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOTSUP);
+  }
+
+  {
+    /* An invalid iovec buffer should trigger an invalid memory access
+       or an error (Linux for instance returns EFAULT).  */
+    struct iovec iov[IOV_MAX+1] = { 0 };
+
+    TEST_VERIFY (preadv2 (temp_fd, iov, IOV_MAX + 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+    TEST_VERIFY (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOTSUP);
+    TEST_VERIFY (pwritev2 (temp_fd, iov, IOV_MAX + 1, 0, RWF_HIPRI) == -1);
+    TEST_VERIFY (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOTSUP);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+do_test_with_invalid_flags (void)
+{
   /* Set the next bit from the mask of all supported flags.  */
   int invalid_flag = RWF_SUPPORTED != 0 ? __builtin_clz (RWF_SUPPORTED) : 2;
   invalid_flag = 0x1 << ((sizeof (int) * CHAR_BIT) - invalid_flag);
diff --git a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2.c b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2.c
index be22802dbe..cb58cbe41e 100644
--- a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2.c
+++ b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ do_test (void)
 {
   do_test_with_invalid_flags ();
   do_test_without_offset ();
+  do_test_with_invalid_fd ();
+  do_test_with_invalid_iov ();
 
   return do_test_with_offset (0);
 }
diff --git a/misc/tst-preadvwritev64v2.c b/misc/tst-preadvwritev64v2.c
index 8d3cc32b28..6a9de54c78 100644
--- a/misc/tst-preadvwritev64v2.c
+++ b/misc/tst-preadvwritev64v2.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ do_test (void)
 {
   do_test_with_invalid_flags ();
   do_test_without_offset ();
+  do_test_with_invalid_fd ();
+  do_test_with_invalid_iov ();
 
   return do_test_with_offset (0);
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv2.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv2.c
index c8bf0764ef..bb08cbc5fd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv2.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv2.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ preadv2 (int fd, const struct iovec *vector, int count, off_t offset,
 # ifdef __NR_preadv2
   ssize_t result = SYSCALL_CANCEL (preadv2, fd, vector, count,
 				   LO_HI_LONG (offset), flags);
-  if (result >= 0)
+  if (result >= 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
     return result;
 # endif
   /* Trying to emulate the preadv2 syscall flags is troublesome:
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv64v2.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv64v2.c
index d7400a0252..b72a047347 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv64v2.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/preadv64v2.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ preadv64v2 (int fd, const struct iovec *vector, int count, off64_t offset,
 #ifdef __NR_preadv64v2
   ssize_t result = SYSCALL_CANCEL (preadv64v2, fd, vector, count,
 				   LO_HI_LONG (offset), flags);
-  if (result >= 0)
+  if (result >= 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
     return result;
 #endif
   /* Trying to emulate the preadv2 syscall flags is troublesome:
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev2.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev2.c
index 29c2264c8f..26333ebd43 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev2.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev2.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pwritev2 (int fd, const struct iovec *vector, int count, off_t offset,
 # ifdef __NR_pwritev2
   ssize_t result = SYSCALL_CANCEL (pwritev2, fd, vector, count,
 				   LO_HI_LONG (offset), flags);
-  if (result >= 0)
+  if (result >= 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
     return result;
 # endif
   /* Trying to emulate the pwritev2 syscall flags is troublesome:
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev64v2.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev64v2.c
index 42da321149..17ea905aa6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev64v2.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwritev64v2.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pwritev64v2 (int fd, const struct iovec *vector, int count, off64_t offset,
 #ifdef __NR_pwritev64v2
   ssize_t result = SYSCALL_CANCEL (pwritev64v2, fd, vector, count,
 				   LO_HI_LONG (offset), flags);
-  if (result >= 0)
+  if (result >= 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
     return result;
 #endif
   /* Trying to emulate the pwritev2 syscall flags is troublesome:
