diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test12.7 b/testsuite/expect/test12.7
index 59635263046ed3e81f6c3e8cf342f780ec02bfc0..5965531dae46ee9f6a5afedd9ddcb93869e82f70 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test12.7
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test12.7
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ proc check_step { num } {
 	global sacct job_id exit_code
 
 	set steps 0
-	spawn $sacct --job=$job_id\.batch -D --noheader --format=jobid%30
+	spawn $sacct --job=$job_id\.batch -D --noheader --format=jobid%30 -P
 	expect {
 		-re "batch" {
 			incr steps 1