diff --git a/tests/integration/redis-cli.tcl b/tests/integration/redis-cli.tcl
index 7e8b41fcabf0..1f99b850dbaf 100644
--- a/tests/integration/redis-cli.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/redis-cli.tcl
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ start_server {tags {"cli"}} {
     test_interactive_cli "INFO response should be printed raw" {
         set lines [split [run_command $fd info] "\n"]
         foreach line $lines {
-            assert [regexp {^$|^#|^[^#:]+:} $line]
+            if {![regexp {^$|^#|^[^#:]+:} $line]} {
+                fail "Malformed info line: $line"
+            }
         }
     }