diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/245 b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
index edaf29094b..92b28c79be 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/245
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         self.reopen(hd0_opts, {'file': 'hd0-file'})
 
     # Insert (and remove) a compress filter
+    @iotests.skip_if_unsupported(['compress'])
     def test_insert_compress_filter(self):
         # Add an image to the VM: hd (raw) -> hd0 (qcow2) -> hd0-file (file)
         opts = {'driver': 'raw', 'node-name': 'hd', 'file': hd_opts(0)}
@@ -650,9 +651,9 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
         # Check the first byte of the first three L2 entries and verify that
         # the second one is compressed (0x40) while the others are not (0x80)
-        iotests.qemu_io_log('-f', 'raw', '-c', 'read -P 0x80 0x40000 1',
-                                         '-c', 'read -P 0x40 0x40008 1',
-                                         '-c', 'read -P 0x80 0x40010 1', hd_path[0])
+        iotests.qemu_io('-f', 'raw', '-c', 'read -P 0x80 0x40000 1',
+                                     '-c', 'read -P 0x40 0x40008 1',
+                                     '-c', 'read -P 0x80 0x40010 1', hd_path[0])
 
     # Swap the disk images of two active block devices
     def test_swap_files(self):
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/245.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/245.out
index a4e04a3266..0970ced62a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/245.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/245.out
@@ -10,14 +10,7 @@
 {"return": {}}
 {"data": {"id": "stream0", "type": "stream"}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_PENDING", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
 {"data": {"device": "stream0", "len": 3145728, "offset": 3145728, "speed": 0, "type": "stream"}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED", "timestamp": {"microseconds": "USECS", "seconds": "SECS"}}
-....read 1/1 bytes at offset 262144
-1 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-read 1/1 bytes at offset 262152
-1 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-read 1/1 bytes at offset 262160
-1 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-
-................
+....................
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