diff --git a/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh b/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
index 718a6b0ca..cfa327a8a 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
+++ b/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ROD_SILENT()
{
        local tst_out

-       tst_out="$(tst_rod $@ 2>&1)"
+       tst_out=$(tst_rod "$@" 2>&1)
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo "$tst_out"
                tst_brk TBROK "$@ failed"