diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test14.10 b/testsuite/expect/test14.10
index 51181d7edebcd3d2618ba0539779ef5b88a8669d..36bb6da1666d015bae5c0b5e1ef8a79c9efc4f5d 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test14.10
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test14.10
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ expect {
 	}
 }
 if {![string compare $node1 ""] || ![string compare $node2 ""]} {
-	send_user "\nFAILURE: did not get usable hostlist\n"
-	exit 1
+	send_user "\nWARNING: Did not find at least 2 idle nodes\n"
+	exit 0
 }
 
 set hostlist "$node1,$node2"