diff --git a/libstdc++/testsuite/Makefile.in b/libstdc++/testsuite/Makefile.in
index b279d729c57..3a969b0dd6e 100644
--- a/libstdc++/testsuite/Makefile.in
+++ b/libstdc++/testsuite/Makefile.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ site.exp: ./config.status Makefile
 	-@rm -f ./tmp?
 
 just-check: site.exp
-	rootme=`pwd`; export rootme; \
+	-rootme=`pwd`; export rootme; \
 	srcdir=${srcdir} ; export srcdir ; \
 	EXPECT=${EXPECT} ; export EXPECT ; \
 	if [ -f $${rootme}/../../expect/expect ] ; then  \