diff --git a/ctdb/config/events/legacy/01.reclock.script b/ctdb/config/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
index c1cdbbca7fe..ab0f2f6a32b 100755
--- a/ctdb/config/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
+++ b/ctdb/config/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ init)
 	esac
 
 	d=$(dirname "$recovery_lock")
-	mkdir -vp "$d"
+	mkdir -p "$d"
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/01.reclock.init.003.sh b/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/01.reclock.init.003.sh
index 85f1f3c6f80..a8b6abdf5b5 100755
--- a/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/01.reclock.init.003.sh
+++ b/ctdb/tests/eventscripts/01.reclock.init.003.sh
@@ -12,17 +12,7 @@ dir=$(dirname "$CTDB_RECOVERY_LOCK")
 required_result 1 ""
 unit_test test -d "$dir"
 
-# FreeBSD mkdir -v just prints the filename.  Filter the rest of the
-# message from other platforms, including any exotic quotes around the
-# filename.
-result_filter ()
-{
-	sed \
-		-e 's|^\(mkdir: created directory \)[[:punct:]]||' \
-		-e 's|[[:punct:]]$||'
-}
-
-ok "$dir"
+ok_null
 simple_test
 
 # Ensure directory exists after