diff --git a/tests/docker-inspect.sh b/tests/docker-inspect.sh
index 34ee97e6..dd8a16bb 100644
--- a/tests/docker-inspect.sh
+++ b/tests/docker-inspect.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -uexo pipefail
 export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://127.0.0.1:12376
 until docker version; do sleep 1; done
 
+docker pull alpine
 docker inspect alpine
-if docker pull missing; then echo "this should fail"; false; else echo "exit code propagated"; fi
 
 echo "done"