diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/162 b/tests/qemu-iotests/162
index 2d719afbed..c0053ed975 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/162
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/162
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo '=== NBD ==='
 # NBD expects all of its arguments to be strings
 
 # So this should not crash
-$QEMU_IMG info 'json:{"driver": "nbd", "host": 42}'
+$QEMU_IMG info 'json:{"driver": "nbd", "host": -1}'
 
 # And this should not treat @port as if it had not been specified
 # (We need to set up a server here, because the error message for "Connection
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/162.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/162.out
index 3c5be2c569..5a00d36d17 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/162.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/162.out
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 QA output created by 162
 
 === NBD ===
-qemu-img: Could not open 'json:{"driver": "nbd", "host": 42}': Failed to connect socket: Invalid argument
+qemu-img: Could not open 'json:{"driver": "nbd", "host": -1}': address resolution failed for -1:10809: Name or service not known
 image: nbd://localhost:PORT
 image: nbd+unix://?socket=42