diff --git a/source3/selftest/tests.py b/source3/selftest/tests.py
index 041bcf94e03..ba110c1d161 100755
--- a/source3/selftest/tests.py
+++ b/source3/selftest/tests.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ shares = [
 for s in shares:
     plantestsuite("samba3.smbtorture_s3.%s(simpleserver).SMB2-BASIC" % s, "simpleserver", [os.path.join(samba3srcdir, "script/tests/test_smbtorture_s3.sh"), 'SMB2-BASIC', '//$SERVER_IP/' + s, '$USERNAME', '$PASSWORD', smbtorture3, "", "-l $LOCAL_PATH"])
     t = "smb2.compound_find"
-    plansmbtorture4testsuite(t, "simpleserver", "//%s/%s %s" % ('$SERVER_IP', s, ' -U$USERNAME%$PASSWORD'), description=s)
+    plansmbtorture4testsuite(t, "simpleserver", "//%s/%s %s" % ('$SERVER_IP', s, '-U$USERNAME%$PASSWORD'), description=s)
 
 posix_tests = ["POSIX", "POSIX-APPEND", "POSIX-SYMLINK-ACL", "POSIX-SYMLINK-EA", "POSIX-OFD-LOCK",
                "POSIX-STREAM-DELETE", "WINDOWS-BAD-SYMLINK", "POSIX-MKDIR",