diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
index 4bc7420ecec6376852620879a11694b92b5bc07f..e535874e4cae1bf467062892fdf37a4891f68958 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ _cleanup_test_img()
 _check_test_img()
 {
     $QEMU_IMG check -f $IMGFMT $TEST_IMG 2>&1 | \
+        grep -v "fragmented$" | \
     	sed -e 's/qemu-img\: This image format does not support checks/No errors were found on the image./'
 }