diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.55 b/testsuite/expect/test1.55
index 108b0c037c4ed57289cf4396f1353d6008f5beae..9fa00097f9447ad245c89d1f7ca850b3f229b088 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.55
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.55
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ expect {
 		slow_kill $srun_pid
 		exit 1
 	}
-	wait {
-		eof
+	eof {
+		wait
 	}
 }
 if {$jobid == 0 || $job_running == 0} {