diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/226 b/tests/qemu-iotests/226
index 34987d43f9..211ea9888a 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/226
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/226
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ for PROTO in "file" "host_device" "host_cdrom"; do
     echo "=== Testing with driver:$PROTO ==="
     echo
     echo "== Testing RO =="
-    $QEMU_IO -c "open -r -o driver=$PROTO,filename=$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_imgfmt | _filter_testdir
+    $QEMU_IO -c "open -r -o driver=$PROTO,filename=$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
     $QEMU_IO -c "open -r -o driver=$PROTO,filename=/dev/null" 2>&1 | _filter_imgfmt
     echo "== Testing RW =="
-    $QEMU_IO -c "open -o driver=$PROTO,filename=$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_imgfmt | _filter_testdir
+    $QEMU_IO -c "open -o driver=$PROTO,filename=$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
     $QEMU_IO -c "open -o driver=$PROTO,filename=/dev/null" 2>&1 | _filter_imgfmt
 done