gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/296 b/tests/qemu-iotests/296
index 099a3eeaa5..b0582044f1 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/296
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/296
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ class EncryptionSetupTestCase(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         }
 
         result = vm.qmp('x-blockdev-amend', **args)
-        assert result['return'] == {}
-        vm.run_job('job0')
+        iotests.log(result)
+        if 'error' not in result:
+            vm.run_job('job0')
 
     # test that when the image opened by two qemu processes,
     # neither of them can update the encryption keys