diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.42 b/testsuite/expect/test1.42
index 010755d1b5bf199a689b97c2cdb483c3454e8f92..8c686a917200b0d0e1d53a349a5f3510ed592bd0 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.42
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.42
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ expect {
 		set job_id2 $expect_out(1,string)
 		exp_continue
 	}
-	-re "JobState=COMPLETED" {
+	-re "JobState=COMPLETED|COMPLETING" {
 		set match_state 1
 		exp_continue
 	}