diff --git a/tests/script/general/db/topic1.sim b/tests/script/general/db/topic1.sim
index 2b4cce5e64bf7076eeb2f0f0e3c1dfbaa224b116..63cae8dffd24d9c292166ed0892a2416805131b2 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/db/topic1.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/db/topic1.sim
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ sql alter database db blocks 20
 sql alter database db blocks 10
 sql_error alter database db blocks 2
 sql_error alter database db blocks 1
-sql alter database db blocks 0
+sql_error alter database db blocks 0
 sql_error alter database db blocks -1
 sql_error alter database db blocks 10001