diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/059 b/tests/qemu-iotests/059
index a1c34eeb7c7640a622eb2302d79fda8496a8e78c..40f89eae18b879dbfa683b32081efe1d793ed5d0 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/059
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/059
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ done
 echo
 echo "=== Testing afl image with a very large capacity ==="
 _use_sample_img afl9.vmdk.bz2
-_img_info
+# The sed makes this test pass on machines with little RAM
+# (and also with 32 bit builds)
+_img_info | sed -e 's/Cannot allocate memory/Invalid argument/'
 _cleanup_test_img
 
 # success, all done