diff --git a/test/simple/test-repl-autolibs.js b/test/simple/test-repl-autolibs.js
index 0f4ae8b387..a8ee68ccc3 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-repl-autolibs.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-repl-autolibs.js
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ function test1(){
   putIn.write = function (data) {
     gotWrite = true;
     if (data.length) {
+
       // inspect output matches repl output
-      assert.equal(data, util.inspect(require('fs'), null, null, false) + '\n');
+      assert.equal(data, util.inspect(require('fs'), null, 2, false) + '\n');
       // globally added lib matches required lib
       assert.equal(global.fs, require('fs'));
       test2();