diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
index bee3010bca11..35b06e53e902 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.gdb/selftest.exp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ proc test_with_self { } {
     setup_xfail "i*86-pc-linuxaout-gnu"
     set description "backtrace through signal handler"
     gdb_test_multiple "backtrace" "$description" {
-	-re "#0.*(read|poll).*in main \\(.*\\) at .*gdb\\.c.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+	-re "#0.*(read|poll).* main \\(.*\\) at .*gdb\\.c.*$gdb_prompt $" {
 	    pass "$description"
 	}
     }