diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/test-journal-flush.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/test-journal-flush.c
index dad277dd662..c6fb65791e9 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/test-journal-flush.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/test-journal-flush.c
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         r = journal_file_open(-1, fn, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0644, false, 0, false, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &new_journal);
         assert_se(r >= 0);
 
-        r = sd_journal_open(&j, 0);
-        assert_se(r >= 0);
+        if (argc > 1)
+                r = sd_journal_open_files(&j, (const char **) strv_skip(argv, 1), 0);
+        else
+                r = sd_journal_open(&j, 0);
+        assert_se(r == 0);
 
         sd_journal_set_data_threshold(j, 0);
 
@@ -48,8 +51,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 r = journal_file_copy_entry(f, new_journal, o, f->current_offset);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        log_error_errno(r, "journal_file_copy_entry failed: %m");
-                assert_se(r >= 0);
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "journal_file_copy_entry failed: %m");
+                assert_se(r >= 0 ||
+                          IN_SET(r, -EBADMSG,         /* corrupted file */
+                                    -EPROTONOSUPPORT, /* unsupported compression */
+                                    -EIO));           /* file rotated */
 
                 if (++n >= 10000)
                         break;