diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-74.run.sh b/test/units/testsuite-74.run.sh
index d43d17ca61..1b4daf8bf4 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-74.run.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-74.run.sh
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ assert_eq "$A" "$B"
 
 # Check that invoking the tool under the uid0 alias name works
 uid0 ls /
-echo "$(uid0 echo foo)" = "foo"
+assert_eq "$(uid0 echo foo)" "foo"
 
 umount /proc/version
 rm "$V"