diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
index fabbed94e620b9eaed7171265968c8d6594d288b..bac4b0171b9019789931b1241bd51ce1f8482245 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ static GArray *load_expected_aml(test_data *data)
     gboolean ret;
 
     GArray *exp_tables = g_array_new(false, true, sizeof(AcpiSdtTable));
+    if (getenv("V")) {
+        fputc('\n', stderr);
+    }
     for (i = 0; i < data->tables->len; ++i) {
         AcpiSdtTable exp_sdt;
         gchar *aml_file = NULL;
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@ try_again:
         aml_file = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/%.4s%s", data_dir, data->machine,
                                    (gchar *)&sdt->header.signature, ext);
         if (getenv("V")) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "\nLooking for expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
+            fprintf(stderr, "Looking for expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
         }
         if (g_file_test(aml_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
             exp_sdt.aml_file = aml_file;
@@ -398,7 +401,7 @@ try_again:
         }
         g_assert(exp_sdt.aml_file);
         if (getenv("V")) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "\nUsing expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
+            fprintf(stderr, "Using expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
         }
         ret = g_file_get_contents(aml_file, &exp_sdt.aml,
                                   &exp_sdt.aml_len, &error);