diff --git a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.machine-id-setup.sh b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.machine-id-setup.sh
index c2b9db5178..bcd2f31571 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.machine-id-setup.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.machine-id-setup.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ testcase_transient() {
 
 # Check if we correctly processed the invalid machine ID we set up in the respective
 # test.sh file
-systemctl --state=failed --no-legend --no-pager >/failed
+systemctl --state=failed --no-legend --no-pager | tee /failed
 test ! -s /failed
 
 run_testcases