diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/user/whitelist.sim b/tests/script/tsim/user/whitelist.sim
index 53f16a90bb..4722c00efa 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/user/whitelist.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/user/whitelist.sim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sql create user u_read pass 'taosdata1' host '127.0.0.1/24','192.168.1.0/24'
 sql create user u_write pass 'taosdata1' host '127.0.0.1','192.168.1.0'
 
 sql alter user u_read add host '3.3.3.4/24'
-sql alter user u_write drop host '4.4.4.5/25'
+sql_error alter user u_write drop host '4.4.4.5/25'
 
 sql show users
 if $rows != 3 then