diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.38 b/testsuite/expect/test1.38
index dd55cf7e52151f910e4d81239f477100abe712e2..074f9a67a25b235a0ceba8532c1a926500308eb8 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.38
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.38
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ expect {
 		wait
 	}
 }
+cancel_job $job_id
 if {$matches != 2} {
 	send_user "\nFAILURE: srun failed to properly process SIGINT\n"
 	set exit_code 1