diff --git a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
index 73f6cabfb6562a3c79c8dd81d4af99ff1b341a4d..9f7e560db42320a47413ead571475f149b0239b4 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
@@ -743,8 +743,7 @@ test_33() {
     createmany -o $DIR/$tfile-%d 100 
     fail_abort mds
     # this file should be gone, because the replay was aborted
-    $CHECKSTAT -t file $DIR/$tfile && return 3
-    $CHECKSTAT -t file $DIR/$tfile-* && return 4 
+    $CHECKSTAT -t file $DIR/$tfile-* && return 3 
     unlinkmany $DIR/$tfile-%d 0 100
     return 0
 }