diff --git a/lustre/tests/krb5_env.sh b/lustre/tests/krb5_env.sh
index 0b119fe62440896d44f96b68a0185b15b04cf972..fc4e9734b14bb12069419b33f3449c4892d98db3 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/krb5_env.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/krb5_env.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ expect {
 }
 
 send "$KRB5DIR/bin/kinit\r"
-{
+expect {
     timeout {puts "timeout" ;exit 1}
     "Password for "
 }
diff --git a/lustre/tests/krb5_refresh_cache.sh b/lustre/tests/krb5_refresh_cache.sh
index ec5ad12e82bb0717e36030f0e5b29fa0699270aa..c79ea014bb8b726fe6579ac0ae13039c03cec6b9 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/krb5_refresh_cache.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/krb5_refresh_cache.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ expect {
 }
 
 send "$KRB5DIR/bin/kinit\r"
-{
+expect {
     timeout {puts "timeout" ;exit 1}
     "Password for "
 }