diff --git a/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency b/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
index e96251bc..7fd126a1 100644
--- a/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
+++ b/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ four
 --- dir within dir
 --- overwrite file
 --- can't overwrite non-empty dir
-mv: cannot move '/mnt/test/test/basic-posix-consistency/dir/c/clobber' to '/mnt/test/test/basic-posix-consistency/dir/a/dir': Directory not empty
+mv: cannot overwrite '/mnt/test/test/basic-posix-consistency/dir/a/dir': Directory not empty
 --- can overwrite empty dir
 --- can rename into root
 == path resoluion
diff --git a/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh b/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
index 6abe4e46..bb9d9e66 100644
--- a/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ echo "--- can't overwrite non-empty dir"
 mkdir "$T_D0/dir/a/dir"
 touch "$T_D0/dir/a/dir/nope"
 mkdir "$T_D1/dir/c/clobber"
-mv -T "$T_D1/dir/c/clobber" "$T_D1/dir/a/dir" 2>&1 | t_filter_fs
+mv -T "$T_D1/dir/c/clobber" "$T_D1/dir/a/dir" 2>&1 | \
+		sed "s@mv: cannot move '.*' to '\(.*\)': Directory not empty@mv: cannot overwrite '\1': Directory not empty@g" | \
+		t_filter_fs
 find "$T_D0/dir" -ls 2>&1 | t_filter_fs > "$T_TMP.0"
 find "$T_D1/dir" -ls 2>&1 | t_filter_fs > "$T_TMP.1"
 diff -u "$T_TMP.0" "$T_TMP.1"