diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/reservation/reservation_009_pos.sh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/reservation/reservation_009_pos.sh
index d623bd913..171577def 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/reservation/reservation_009_pos.sh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/reservation/reservation_009_pos.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 verify_runnable "both"
 
-log_assert "Setting top level dataset reservation to 'none' allows more data "
+log_assert "Setting top level dataset reservation to 'none' allows more data " \
     "to be written to top level filesystem"
 
 function cleanup