diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
index 27e267f532..016454749f 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test_check_precond
 
 test_expect_success 'creating page w/ >500 revisions' '
 	wiki_reset &&
-	for i in `test_seq 501`
+	for i in $(test_seq 501)
 	do
 		echo "creating revision $i" &&
 		wiki_editpage foo "revision $i<br/>" true