diff --git a/procfs_linux.go b/procfs_linux.go
index ba179de..8cc827d 100644
--- a/procfs_linux.go
+++ b/procfs_linux.go
@@ -425,17 +425,16 @@ func checkProcSelfFdPath(path string, file *os.File) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Test hooks
-var hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTree = func(_ *os.File) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-var hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTreeAtRecursive = hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTree
-
-var hookForceGetProcRootUnsafe = func() bool {
-	return false
-}
+// Test hooks used in the procfs tests to verify that the fallback logic works.
+// See testing_mocks_linux_test.go and procfs_linux_test.go for more details.
+var (
+	hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTree            = hookDummyFile
+	hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTreeAtRecursive = hookDummyFile
+	hookForceGetProcRootUnsafe                  = hookDummy
 
-var hookForceProcSelfTask = hookForceGetProcRootUnsafe
+	hookForceProcSelfTask = hookDummy
+	hookForceProcSelf     = hookDummy
+)
 
-var hookForceProcSelf = hookForceGetProcRootUnsafe
+func hookDummy() bool               { return false }
+func hookDummyFile(_ *os.File) bool { return false }
diff --git a/procfs_linux_test.go b/procfs_linux_test.go
index 5f7f9a1..61bfed6 100644
--- a/procfs_linux_test.go
+++ b/procfs_linux_test.go
@@ -418,3 +418,8 @@ func TestVerifyProcRoot_NotProc(t *testing.T) {
 		testVerifyProcRoot(t, t.TempDir(), errUnsafeProcfs, "incorrect procfs root filesystem type")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestProcfsDummyHooks(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.False(t, hookDummy(), "hookDummy should always return false")
+	assert.False(t, hookDummyFile(nil), "hookDummyFile should always return false")
+}
diff --git a/testing_mocks_linux_test.go b/testing_mocks_linux_test.go
index c3d554c..d7a2bf5 100644
--- a/testing_mocks_linux_test.go
+++ b/testing_mocks_linux_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func init() {
 	hookForceGetProcRootUnsafe = testingForceGetProcRootUnsafe
 	hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTree = testingForcePrivateProcRootOpenTree
 	hookForcePrivateProcRootOpenTreeAtRecursive = testingForcePrivateProcRootOpenTreeAtRecursive
+
 	hookForceProcSelf = testingForceProcSelf
 	hookForceProcSelfTask = testingForceProcSelfTask
 }