diff --git a/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh b/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
index fda09ecd6..d20234b99 100644
--- a/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
+++ b/test/shell/mdata-strings.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dm_table | grep -F "$pv_ugly"
 created="$dev1"
 # when used with real udev without fallback, it will fail here
 pvcreate "$dev1" || created="$dev2"
-pvdisplay 2>&1 | tee >err
+pvdisplay 2>&1 | tee err
 should grep -F "$pv_ugly" err
 should check pv_field "$dev1" pv_name "$dev1"
 vgcreate $vg "$created"
diff --git a/test/shell/thin-resize-match.sh b/test/shell/thin-resize-match.sh
index d5481e24d..4c6332d39 100644
--- a/test/shell/thin-resize-match.sh
+++ b/test/shell/thin-resize-match.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ check lv_field $vg/$lv1 size "2.00m"
 # prepare 2097152  file content
 seq 0 315465 > 2M
 md5sum 2M | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | tee MD5
-dd if=2M of="$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/$vg-$lv1" bs=512K conv=fdatasync 2>&1 >log &
+dd if=2M of="$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/$vg-$lv1" bs=512K conv=fdatasync >log 2>&1 &
 #dd if=2M of="$DM_DEV_DIR/mapper/$vg-$lv1" bs=2M oflag=direct &
 
 # give it some time to fill thin-volume