diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-srec/srec.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-srec/srec.exp
index b6d633d9db..3bb10a5498 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-srec/srec.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-srec/srec.exp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ if { ![ld_compile $CC $srcdir/$subdir/sr1.c tmpdir/sr1.o] \
 
 # The i386-aout target is confused: the linker does not put the
 # sections where objdump finds them.  I don't know which is wrong.
-setup_xfail "i[345]86-*-aout*"
+setup_xfail "i\[345\]86-*-aout*"
 
 run_srec_test $test1 "tmpdir/sr1.o tmpdir/sr2.o"
 
@@ -295,6 +295,6 @@ if ![ld_compile "$CXX $CXXFLAGS -fgnu-linker" $srcdir/$subdir/sr3.cc tmpdir/sr3.
 }
 
 # See above.
-setup_xfail "i[345]86-*-aout*"
+setup_xfail "i\[345\]86-*-aout*"
 
 run_srec_test $test2 "tmpdir/sr3.o"