diff --git a/tests/test-lib.sh b/tests/test-lib.sh
index 768f96b2bffa39359bdfc5e14bc7ea3545934af7..527dfda3834137e967ac650ccb7dbf577b905af9 100644
--- a/tests/test-lib.sh
+++ b/tests/test-lib.sh
@@ -54,13 +54,8 @@ test_final()
   status=$2
 
   if test "$verbose" = "0" ; then
-    mod=`expr \( $counter + 1 \) % 40`
-    if test "$mod" != "0" && test "$mod" != "1" ; then
-      for i in `seq $mod 40`
-      do
-        printf " "
-      done
-    fi
+    len=`expr 40 - \( $counter % 40 \)`
+    printf "%${len}s" ""
     if test "$status" = "0" ; then
       printf " %-3d OK\n" $counter
     else