diff --git a/test/wal_off/alter.result b/test/wal_off/alter.result
index b889a1f1737fd2a73d52e8e92941c32a00c59f33..042ca67bcadbae65390741866a28406a253b9e1e 100644
--- a/test/wal_off/alter.result
+++ b/test/wal_off/alter.result
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ end;
 ---
 - error: 'Tuple format limit reached: 65536'
 ...
-#spaces;
+#spaces > 65000;
 ---
-- 65499
+- true
 ...
 -- cleanup
 for k, v in pairs(spaces) do
diff --git a/test/wal_off/alter.test.lua b/test/wal_off/alter.test.lua
index 791a1c9ce6583c8e632a93e82db065d39b95c1b4..e35666d71bd144b70cb7f5cdd981c27964b87a3a 100644
--- a/test/wal_off/alter.test.lua
+++ b/test/wal_off/alter.test.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for k = 1, box.schema.FORMAT_ID_MAX, 1 do
     local s = box.schema.space.create('space'..k)
     table.insert(spaces, s)
 end;
-#spaces;
+#spaces > 65000;
 -- cleanup
 for k, v in pairs(spaces) do
     v:drop()