diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 6fe2f87b850c1a2d689d5a831084da8915c74ea2..da69f087b41182be84be0c98a78c1a45b879cfe5 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ unset GIT_CONFIG GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL
 HOME=`pwd`/no-such-directory
 export HOME ;# this way we force the victim/.git/config to be used.
 
-test_expect_failure \
+test_expect_success \
 	'pushing a delete should be denied with denyDeletes' '
 	cd victim &&
 	git config receive.denyDeletes true &&