diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.85 b/testsuite/expect/test1.85
index be2ba907da42cca912aec09a49ee3ff6310819e7..0c7de057b9700f7986d7a57c725898b151205bf3 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.85
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.85
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ expect {
 	}
 	timeout {
 		send_user "\nFAILURE: salloc not responding\n"
-		slow_kill $salloc_pid
+		slow_kill $salloc_id
 		exit 1
 	}
 }