diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
index c70a92fe8d..8bde035f2b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ GDB.*Copyright \[0-9\]+ Free Software Foundation, Inc..*$prompt $"\
     # This fails on some linux systems for unknown reasons.  On the
     # systems where it fails, sometimes it works fine when run manually.
     # The testsuite failures may not be limited to just aout systems.
-    setup_xfail "i*86-*-linuxaout" "hppa*-*-hpux*"
+    setup_xfail "i*86-pc-linuxaout-gnu" "hppa*-*-hpux*"
     set description "backtrace through signal handler"
     send "backtrace\n"
     expect {