diff --git a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.7 b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.7
index 8815a63a811ba89695b0801111cbd2abfef8abd5..2323d2999b58f0e6cbc94b9d13b79e9b8fa33aa8 100644
--- a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.7
+++ b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.7
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ proc inc3_11_7 {} {
 		}
 		-re "JobState=PENDING" {
 			send_user "\n\033\[32mSUCCESS: Job $job_id is PENDING as expected\033\[m\n"
-			set exit_code 0
 			exp_continue
 		}
 		-re "JobState=RUNNING" {
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ proc inc3_11_7 {} {
 		}
 		-re "JobState=PENDING" {
 			send_user "\n\033\[32mSUCCESS: Job $job_id is PENDING as expected\033\[m\n"
-			set exit_code 0
 			exp_continue
 		}
 		-re "JobState=RUNNING" {
@@ -325,7 +323,6 @@ proc inc3_11_7 {} {
 		}
 		-re "JobState=RUNNING" {
 			send_user "\n\033\[32mSUCCESS: Job $job_id is RUNNING as expected\033\[m\n"
-			set exit_code 0
 			exp_continue
 		}
 		timeout {
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.8 b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.8
index 60492cf37a13c2f36cc8b49a3e69dfe3e044dee9..7294bb161000f207622ae61b825d7129ae2b472c 100644
--- a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.8
+++ b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.8
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ proc inc3_11_8 {} {
 
 	set core_res_num  [expr $core_res_num + 1]
 	# Make the reservation using more cores then free in a node
-	set ret_code [create_res "StartTime=now Duration=60 NodeCnt=1 CoreCnt=$core_res_num User=$user_name" 0]
+	set ret_code [create_res "StartTime=now Duration=60 NodeCnt=1 CoreCnt=$core_res_num User=$user_name" 1]
 	if {$ret_code != 0} {
 		send_user "\n\033\[32mSUCCESS: Reservation can not be created as expected\033\[m\n"
-		set exit_code 0
 	} else {
 		send_user "\n\033\[31mFAILURE: reservation was created when it should have not\033\[m\n"
 		set exit_code 1
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test15.21 b/testsuite/expect/test15.21
index 7e30050d0d7ba2a1945e8ef999ca1d8ebcedcf24..46891c0a6f694fedc6105f15df2bf8f23c0d75b2 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test15.21
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test15.21
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ expect {
 		set job_id $expect_out(1,string)
 		exp_continue
 	}
-	-re "Failed to allocate resources" {
+	-re "Unable to allocate resources" {
 		send_user "\nWARNING: can't test salloc task distribution\n"
 		exit $exit_code
 	}