diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test38.6 b/testsuite/expect/test38.6
index 73dea05f7662fc3ffb43bf70770ffc1378747167..c25dd0e854cbbd9a06b8b8f7d831a86562f08be9 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test38.6
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test38.6
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ if {$matches != 3} {
 #
 if {[wait_for_job $job_id "DONE"] != 0} {
 	send_user "\nFAILURE: waiting for job to complete\n"
-	[cancel_job $job_id]
+	cancel_job $job_id
 	end_it 1
 }