diff --git a/test/whiteout.bats b/test/whiteout.bats
index b297f320..97429bb5 100644
--- a/test/whiteout.bats
+++ b/test/whiteout.bats
@@ -76,12 +76,14 @@ EOF
   # "bb" should not have a whiteout entry for /a1
   md=$(cat oci/index.json | jq .manifests[0].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
   ld=$(cat oci/blobs/sha256/"$md" | jq .layers[-1].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
+  "bsdtar -tvf oci/blobs/sha256/$ld | grep '.wh.a1'"
   run "bsdtar -tvf oci/blobs/sha256/$ld | grep '.wh.a1'"
   [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
 
   # "fulldir" should have a whiteout entry for /a1
   md=$(cat oci/index.json | jq .manifests[3].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
   ld=$(cat oci/blobs/sha256/"$md" | jq .layers[-1].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
+  "bsdtar -tvf oci/blobs/sha256/$ld | grep '.wh.a1'"
   run "bsdtar -tvf oci/blobs/sha256/$ld | grep '.wh.a1'"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }