t/git.t | 6 ++++--

diff --git a/t/git.t b/t/git.t
index bc1dea5066f5b944d56b237bbfd09a51f7bf2c34..844e0111f367fe10e6a037126ac9f0e7be1bd2f4 100644
--- a/t/git.t
+++ b/t/git.t
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ 	is(join('', @ref), $ref, 'qx array and scalar context both work');
 
 	$gcf->qx(qw(repack -adq));
 	ok($gcf->packed_bytes > 0, 'packed size is positive');
-	$gcf->qx(qw(rev-parse --verify bogus));
-	isnt($?, 0, '$? set on failure'.$?);
+	my $rdr;
+	open $rdr->{2}, '+>', '/dev/null' or xbail "open $!";
+	$gcf->qx([qw(rev-parse --verify bogus)], undef, $rdr);
+	isnt($?, 0, '$? set on failure: '.$?);
 }
 
 SKIP: {