diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index 790387e680..5e362db6c5 100755
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -2405,7 +2405,7 @@ sub major_minor_test {
 }
 
 sub udev_setup {
-        system("umount", $udev_tmpfs);
+        system("umount \"$udev_tmpfs\" 2>/dev/null");
         rmdir($udev_tmpfs);
         mkdir($udev_tmpfs) || die "unable to create udev_tmpfs: $udev_tmpfs\n";