diff --git a/test/shell/exported.sh b/test/shell/exported.sh
index 18a86462f..784f5d8d0 100644
--- a/test/shell/exported.sh
+++ b/test/shell/exported.sh
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ not grep $vg1 out
 lvscan 2>&1|tee out
 not grep $vg1 out
 
-not pvchange --addtag cc "$dev1"
+not pvchange --addtag cc12345678 "$dev1"
 pvs -o+tags "$dev1" 2>&1|tee out
 grep "$dev1" out
-not grep cc out
+not grep cc12345678 out
 
 pvs -osize "$dev1" > before
 not pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize 100M "$dev1"