diff --git a/test/box/rtree_misc.result b/test/box/rtree_misc.result
index 9e073f9cedbb7fa6a2286157a1e1d7b96bc74d8e..891e65c29800c7dd2d23d7a34f51af8ff5302a61 100644
--- a/test/box/rtree_misc.result
+++ b/test/box/rtree_misc.result
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ s.index.spatial:max()
 ---
 - error: RTREE does not support max()
 ...
+-- seems that drop can't fail
+s.index.spatial:drop()
+---
+...
+s.index.spatial:select({})
+---
+- error: '[string "return s.index.spatial:select({}) "]:1: attempt to index field
+    ''spatial'' (a nil value)'
+...
 s:drop()
 ---
 ...
diff --git a/test/box/rtree_misc.test.lua b/test/box/rtree_misc.test.lua
index fa2680025a1e6377e2f41bb92e5b5dbf7d4b5f17..df9efde3fc872e56555714918048f22dfd2d1f6f 100644
--- a/test/box/rtree_misc.test.lua
+++ b/test/box/rtree_misc.test.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ s.index.spatial:count()
 s.index.spatial:min()
 s.index.spatial:max()
 
+-- seems that drop can't fail
+s.index.spatial:drop()
+s.index.spatial:select({})
+
 s:drop()
 
 s = box.schema.create_space('sophia', {engine = 'sophia'})