diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test7.9 b/testsuite/expect/test7.9
index adcea067893f003c649c4600f2999e512a5ad45f..66bda6199a00ee913ee17ea1f09e85d31a043982 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test7.9
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test7.9
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ make_bash_script $file_in "
   done
 "
 
+set job_id 0
 spawn $sbatch --output=$file_out -t1 ./$file_in
 expect {
 	-re "Submitted batch job ($number)" {