t/nntpd.t | 6 +++---

diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index 2d7280a50d5e8a466c9a36649a916c8603aa293a..5a3a62fbec9c7c13e273d0ee37c2723759fad11c 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -329,12 +329,12 @@ 	}
 
 	$n = $s = undef;
 	$td->join;
-	my $eout = eval {
-		local $/;
+	is($?, 0, 'no error in exited process');
+	my $eout = do {
 		open my $fh, '<', $err or die "open $err failed: $!";
+		local $/;
 		<$fh>;
 	};
-	is($?, 0, 'no error in exited process');
 	unlike($eout, qr/wide/i, 'no Wide character warnings');
 }