diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index 8e969f3e36..e81759319f 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ EOF
 '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
-:100644 100644 $EMPTY_BLOB 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M	dir1/modified
+:100644 100644 $EMPTY_BLOB $ZERO_OID M	dir1/modified
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'status refreshes the index' '
 	touch dir2/added &&