diff --git a/tests/posix/rwlocks/prj.conf b/tests/posix/rwlocks/prj.conf
index e55d87a7ad143..eff85b030dd6e 100644
--- a/tests/posix/rwlocks/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/posix/rwlocks/prj.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 
 CONFIG_POSIX_AEP_CHOICE_BASE=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS=y
+
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD=y
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_POOL_SIZE=3
+CONFIG_THREAD_STACK_INFO=y
diff --git a/tests/posix/rwlocks/src/main.c b/tests/posix/rwlocks/src/main.c
index 450180aff6f8d..7e0fd101f028a 100644
--- a/tests/posix/rwlocks/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/posix/rwlocks/src/main.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/ztest.h>
 
 #define N_THR 3
+BUILD_ASSERT(N_THR <= CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD_POOL_SIZE, "Insufficient number of dynamic threads");
 
 LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(posix_rwlock_test);
 
@@ -144,14 +145,4 @@ ZTEST(posix_rw_locks, test_pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared)
 	test_pthread_rwlockattr_pshared_common(true, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED);
 }
 
-static void before(void *arg)
-{
-	ARG_UNUSED(arg);
-
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_THREAD)) {
-		/* skip redundant testing if there is no thread pool / heap allocation */
-		ztest_test_skip();
-	}
-}
-
-ZTEST_SUITE(posix_rw_locks, NULL, NULL, before, NULL, NULL);
+ZTEST_SUITE(posix_rw_locks, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);