diff --git a/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test.sh b/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test.sh
index a1a2e62ab1b..add16ea19fe 100755
--- a/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-21-SYSUSERS/test.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ test_run() {
         prepare_testdir ${f%.input}
         cp $f $TESTDIR/usr/lib/sysusers.d/test.conf
         systemd-sysusers --root=$TESTDIR 2> /dev/null
+        journalctl --sync
         journalctl -t systemd-sysusers -o cat | tail -n1 > $TESTDIR/tmp/err
         if ! diff -u $TESTDIR/tmp/err  ${f%.*}.expected-err; then
             echo "**** Unexpected error output for $f"