diff --git a/test/system/130-kill.bats b/test/system/130-kill.bats
index 685eb80265..8a50ba2f53 100644
--- a/test/system/130-kill.bats
+++ b/test/system/130-kill.bats
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ load helpers
     run_podman run --rm -d --name $cname $IMAGE top
     run_podman kill $cname
     is "$output" $cname
+    run_podman ? wait $cname
 }
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel