diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l
index 0784c9e3e12..8ed2716c549 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #...
-[^:]*: warning: orphan section `.noinit.var_noinit' from \S+ being placed in section `.noinit.var_noinit'
+(|.:)[^:]*: warning: orphan section `.noinit.var_noinit' from \S+ being placed in section `.noinit.var_noinit'
 #...
-[^:]*: warning: orphan section `.gnu.linkonce.n.var_noinit2' from \S+ being placed in section `.gnu.linkonce.n.var_noinit2'
+(|.:)[^:]*: warning: orphan section `.gnu.linkonce.n.var_noinit2' from \S+ being placed in section `.gnu.linkonce.n.var_noinit2'
 #pass