1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/regress/key-options.sh b/regress/key-options.sh
index e03cae585..d680737c1 100644
--- a/regress/key-options.sh
+++ b/regress/key-options.sh
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ check_valid_before() {
         sed "s/.*/$opts &/" $origkeys >$authkeys
         verbose "key option expiry-time $which"
         ${SSH} -q -F $OBJ/ssh_proxy somehost true
+        r=$?
         case "$expect" in
-        fail)   test $? -eq 0 && fail "key option succeeded $which" ;;
-        pass)   test $? -ne 0 && fail "key option failed $which" ;;
+        fail)   test $r -eq 0 && fail "key option succeeded $which" ;;
+        pass)   test $r -ne 0 && fail "key option failed $which" ;;
         *)      fatal "unknown expectation $expect" ;;
         esac
 }