diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index 823bd7d6ba..5ff1fb29ba 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -1140,16 +1140,19 @@ EOF
 
     CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman 1 run --rm $IMAGE touch /testro
     CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only=false $IMAGE touch /testrw
-    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm $IMAGE touch /tmp/testrw
-    for dir in /tmp /var/tmp /dev /dev/shm /run; do
-        CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm $IMAGE touch $dir/testro
-        CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only=false $IMAGE touch $dir/testro
-        CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only=false --read-only-tmpfs=true $IMAGE touch $dir/testro
-        CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only-tmpfs=true $IMAGE touch $dir/testro
 
-        CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman 1 run --rm --read-only-tmpfs=false $IMAGE touch $dir/testro
-        assert "$output" =~ "touch: $dir/testro: Read-only file system"
-    done
+    files="/tmp/a /var/tmp/b /dev/c /dev/shm/d /run/e"
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm $IMAGE touch $files
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only=false $IMAGE touch $files
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only=false --read-only-tmpfs=true $IMAGE touch $files
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm --read-only-tmpfs=true $IMAGE touch $files
+
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman 1 run --rm --read-only-tmpfs=false $IMAGE touch $files
+    assert "$output" == "touch: /tmp/a: Read-only file system
+touch: /var/tmp/b: Read-only file system
+touch: /dev/c: Read-only file system
+touch: /dev/shm/d: Read-only file system
+touch: /run/e: Read-only file system"
 }
 
 @test "podman run ulimit from containers.conf" {