diff --git a/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh b/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh
index a32cec42aa4ba0..9bec989a0ed71c 100755
--- a/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh
+++ b/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ test_expect_success '--reject overrides --no-reject' '
 	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
 	test_path_is_missing file.rej &&
 
-	test_must_fail git am --retry --reject </dev/zero &&
+	test_must_fail git am --retry --reject &&
 	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
 	test_path_is_file file.rej
 '