diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index bf43beb1060020135ed0ee5bdd59b0736788c846..350a0ab121050dee73228286697abed3d52ca6b2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1402,9 +1402,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("usb-port-missing",
             QEMU_CAPS_USB_HUB,
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
-    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("usb-bus-missing",
-                        QEMU_CAPS_USB_HUB,
-                        QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("usb-bus-missing",
+                    QEMU_CAPS_USB_HUB,
+                    QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
     DO_TEST("usb-ports",
             QEMU_CAPS_USB_HUB,
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);