diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test17.34 b/testsuite/expect/test17.34
index 42c5caa5a65d53886923ba8d8e5e9899e6e13c7f..d3afe25d5af3191adb4c70b571c7c3e70f6b18fb 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test17.34
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test17.34
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ make_bash_script $spec_in "sleep 5"
 set job_id 0
 spawn $sbatch --exclusive -t1 -N2 -o$file_out $file_in
 expect {
-	-re "Node count specification invalid" {
+	-re "Batch job submission failed" {
 		send_user "\nWARNING: can't test srun task distribution\n"
 		exit $exit_code
 	}
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test17.40 b/testsuite/expect/test17.40
index 9f37e45559e808c0e4f470dd77a82007edbace5e..e215f68b2a121a1353aa2fc850937721ed7cb7ca 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test17.40
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test17.40
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ make_bash_script $spec_in "sleep 5"
 set job_id 0
 spawn $sbatch --exclusive -t1 -N2 -o$file_out $file_in
 expect {
-	-re "Node count specification invalid" {
+	-re "Batch job submission failed" {
 		send_user "\nWARNING: can't test srun task distribution\n"
 		exit $exit_code
 	}