diff --git a/tests/tar.test b/tests/tar.test
index d07de368..871a38d7 100755
--- a/tests/tar.test
+++ b/tests/tar.test
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ testing "pass /dev/null" \
   "crw-rw-rw- $(stat -c %U/%G /dev/null) $nulldev 1970-01-01 00:00 dev/null\n" \
   "" ""
 testing "--absolute-names" \
-  "tar c --mtime @0 --absolute-names /dev/null 2>/dev/null | LST" \
+  "tar c --mtime @0 --absolute-names /dev/null 2>/dev/null | LST 2>/dev/null" \
   "crw-rw-rw- $(stat -c %U/%G /dev/null) $nulldev 1970-01-01 00:00 /dev/null\n"\
   "" ""