diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8e878f1893c..b0e8e4b890d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-07-24  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp: Call gdb_exit before
+	gdb_skip_xml_test.
+
 2015-07-24  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.python/py-events.exp: Accept output between the stop event
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
index 40ca148c736..499da322267 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ setup_all_syscalls
 fill_all_syscalls_numbers
 
 # Execute the tests, using XML support
+gdb_exit
 if { ![gdb_skip_xml_test] } {
   clean_restart $binfile
   do_syscall_tests