diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/write_mem.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/write_mem.exp
index a9e94032447..ce862a5bd34 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/write_mem.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/write_mem.exp
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ gdb_test_no_output "set {int}main = 0x4242"
 # Check that memory write persists after quitting GDB
 gdb_exit
 gdb_start
-gdb_test "x /xh main" "<main>:.*4242"
+gdb_test "x /x main" "<main>:.*4242"
 
 set GDBFLAGS $old_gdbflags