diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
index 759fc3cbed..9ffe5e09a6 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpzrecurse/tests.sh
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ grep "^l2.l1.l0.[[:space:]]*[0-9]*[[:space:]]*IN[[:space:]]*A[[:space:]]*10.53.0
 t=`expr $t + 1`
 echo "I:testing RPZ log clause (${t})"
 run_server log
-cur=`awk 'BEGIN {l=0} // {l++} END { print l }' ns2/named.run`
+cur=`awk 'BEGIN {l=0} /^/ {l++} END { print l }' ns2/named.run`
 $DIG $DIGOPTS l2.l1.l0 a @10.53.0.2 -p 5300 -b 10.53.0.4 > dig.out.${t}
 $DIG $DIGOPTS l2.l1.l0 a @10.53.0.2 -p 5300 -b 10.53.0.3 >> dig.out.${t}
 $DIG $DIGOPTS l2.l1.l0 a @10.53.0.2 -p 5300 -b 10.53.0.2 >> dig.out.${t}