diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nsalias.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nsalias.exp
index b727437abc2..0c29e6f2d40 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nsalias.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/nsalias.exp
@@ -324,5 +324,5 @@ if { $readnow_p } {
     global gdb_file_cmd_msg
     gdb_assert {[regexp $re $gdb_file_cmd_msg]} $test
 } else {
-    gdb_test "print N100::x" $re $test
+    gdb_test "maint expand-symtabs" $re $test
 }