diff --git a/test/lib/library.exp b/test/lib/library.exp
index 4b92cf46..cf92d659 100644
--- a/test/lib/library.exp
+++ b/test/lib/library.exp
@@ -363,14 +363,14 @@ proc match_items {items test {size 20}} {
         }; # for
         if {[llength $items] == 1} {
             expect {
-                -re "$expected" { set result true }
+                -re "^$expected$" { set result true }
                 "\r\n" { set result false; break }
                 default { set result false; break }
                 timeout { set result false; break }
             }; # expect
         } else {
             expect {
-                -re "$expected" { set result true }
+                -re "^$expected" { set result true }
                 default { set result false; break }
                 timeout { set result false; break }
             }; # expect