diff --git a/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py b/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py
index c07ad900c9..8f624fd58c 100644
--- a/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py
+++ b/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ except Exception as e:
     # CPython throws ValueError, but MicroPython has consistent stream
     # interface, so BytesIO raises the same error as a real file, which
     # is OSError(EINVAL).
-    print(repr(e))
+    print(type(e), e.args[0] > 0)
diff --git a/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py.exp b/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py.exp
index b52e4978aa..724aaf63a2 100644
--- a/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py.exp
+++ b/tests/io/bytesio_ext2.py.exp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OSError(22,)
+<class 'OSError'> True