diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/convvar_comp.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/convvar_comp.exp
index ebc2659aeaa..1923bd785c7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/convvar_comp.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/convvar_comp.exp
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ if ![runto "break_me" ] then {
   return
 }
 
+set val ""
+gdb_test_multiple "print item.started" "" {
+    -re -wrap " = \\((.*)\\)" {
+	set val $expect_out(1,string)
+	pass $gdb_test_name
+    }
+}
+
 gdb_test_no_output "set variable \$item := item"
 
 gdb_test "print \$item.started" \
-         " = \\(0, 0, 0\\)"
+    " = \\($val\\)"