diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test17.28 b/testsuite/expect/test17.28
index df08de4cf85178bc497092c70427e2cbcb8d49c4..47fbd24350165c4683c2b6beadb164803faee1b1 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test17.28
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test17.28
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ set job_id  0
 set matches 0
 spawn $sbatch -o $file_out $file_in
 expect {
+	-re "More processors requested than permitted" {
+		send_user "This error was expected, no worries\n\n"
+		incr matches
+		exp_continue
+	}
 	-re "Node count specification invalid" {
 		send_user "This error was expected, no worries\n\n"
 		incr matches