diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_migrate.c
index 90f4e1c4f029..862d11b2210f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_migrate.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_migrate.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void test_copy(struct xe_migrate *m, struct xe_bo *bo,
 	xe_map_memset(xe, &sysmem->vmap, 0, 0xc0, sysmem->size);
 	xe_map_memset(xe, &bo->vmap, 0, 0xd0, bo->size);
 
+	expected = 0xc0c0c0c0c0c0c0c0;
 	fence = xe_migrate_copy(m, sysmem, sysmem->ttm.resource,
 				bo->ttm.resource);
 	if (!sanity_fence_failed(xe, fence, big ? "Copying big bo sysmem -> vram" :