diff --git a/tests/symlink-bad-length.at b/tests/symlink-bad-length.at

index cbf4aa7..d8d250b 100644

--- a/tests/symlink-bad-length.at

+++ b/tests/symlink-bad-length.at

@@ -37,13 +37,20 @@ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=

 AT_CHECK([

 base64 -d ARCHIVE.base64 > ARCHIVE || AT_SKIP_TEST

-cpio -ntv < ARCHIVE

-test $? -eq 2

+TZ=UTC cpio -ntv < ARCHIVE 2>stderr

+rc=$?

+cat stderr | grep -v \

+    -e 'stored filename length is out of range' \

+    -e 'premature end of file' \

+    -e 'archive header has reverse byte-order' \

+    -e 'memory exhausted' \

+    >&2

+echo >&2 STDERR

+test "$rc" -ne 0

 ],

 [0],

-[-rw-rw-r--   1 10029    10031          13 Nov 25 13:52 FILE

-],[cpio: LINK: stored filename length is out of range

-cpio: premature end of file

+[-rw-rw-r--   1 10029    10031          13 Nov 25  2014 FILE

+],[STDERR

 ])

 AT_CLEANUP