diff --git a/tests/applications/gnome-text-editor/new_file.pm b/tests/applications/gnome-text-editor/new_file.pm
index e4522e0d..37f0dd98 100644
--- a/tests/applications/gnome-text-editor/new_file.pm
+++ b/tests/applications/gnome-text-editor/new_file.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sub run {
     $self->root_console(tty => 3);
     # The test started to fail on Silverblue
     # because the target directory changed.
-    if (get_var("SUBVARIANT" eq "Silverblue")) {
+    if (get_var("SUBVARIANT") eq "Silverblue") {
         assert_script_run("ls /home/test/Documents/list.md");
     }
     else {