diff --git a/usr.bin/grep/tests/grep_freebsd_test.sh b/usr.bin/grep/tests/grep_freebsd_test.sh
index fafa23f03b67..ab998ecee893 100755
--- a/usr.bin/grep/tests/grep_freebsd_test.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/grep/tests/grep_freebsd_test.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ rgrep_head()
 }
 rgrep_body()
 {
-	grep -r --exclude="*.out" -e "test" "$(atf_get_srcdir)" > d_grep_r_implied.out
-
+	atf_check -o save:d_grep_r_implied.out grep -r --exclude="*.out" -e "test" "$(atf_get_srcdir)"
 	atf_check -o file:d_grep_r_implied.out rgrep --exclude="*.out" -e "test" "$(atf_get_srcdir)"
 }