diff --git a/tests/script/general/db/alter_option.sim b/tests/script/general/db/alter_option.sim
index 170ba21c28b7ff4a79a8f2375dc1d36ba91e6120..c3bb23855fceb877c1ed39c01524231d27edb4f4 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/db/alter_option.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/db/alter_option.sim
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ sql alter database db keep 20
 sql_error alter database db keep 10
 sql_error alter database db keep 9
 sql_error alter database db keep 1
-sql alter database db keep 0
-sql alter database db keep -1
+sql_error alter database db keep 0
+sql_error alter database db keep -1
 sql_error alter database db keep 365001
 
 print ============== step cache