diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test21.32 b/testsuite/expect/test21.32
index abc66b219246936f072d4c1b5d35bbc219de22b2..da9c0e0659ea7f46a7f411268fe02f229b30e201 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test21.32
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test21.32
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ proc check_pre { preempt_qos } {
 	global sacctmgr exit_code alpha_numeric_under qos_test
 
 	set match 0
-	spawn $sacctmgr show qos $qos_test(0) format=preempt%80 --noheader
+	spawn $sacctmgr show qos $qos_test(0) format=preempt%-80 --noheader
 	expect {
 		-re "$preempt_qos" {
 			set match 1