diff --git a/testsuite/tar/tar-extracts-multiple-files b/testsuite/tar/tar-extracts-multiple-files
index 46701dc3f..8ae8cdda5 100644
--- a/testsuite/tar/tar-extracts-multiple-files
+++ b/testsuite/tar/tar-extracts-multiple-files
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 touch foo bar
-tar cf foo.tar foo bar
+busybox tar cf foo.tar foo bar
 rm foo bar
 busybox tar -xf foo.tar
-test -f foo -a -f bar
-exit 99;
+test -f foo
+test -f bar