diff --git a/regress/dhgex.sh b/regress/dhgex.sh
index 6dd4cfe3f..30064f30a 100644
--- a/regress/dhgex.sh
+++ b/regress/dhgex.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: dhgex.sh,v 1.7 2020/12/21 22:48:41 dtucker Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: dhgex.sh,v 1.8 2023/03/02 08:14:52 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="dhgex"
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ ssh_test_dhgex()
 	# check what we request
 	grep "SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST($groupsz) sent" ${LOG} >/dev/null
 	if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-		got=`egrep "SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(.*) sent" ${LOG}`
-		fail "$tid unexpected GEX sizes, expected $groupsz, got $got"
+		got="`egrep 'SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(.*) sent' ${LOG}`"
+		fail "$tid unexpected GEX sizes, expected $groupsz, got '$got'"
 	fi
 	# check what we got.
 	gotbits="`awk 'BEGIN{FS="/"}/bits set:/{print $2}' ${LOG} |