diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
index 0beaf457f2..ca50ff2f76 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/tests/test-ifcfg-rh.c
@@ -8616,6 +8616,7 @@ test_write_unknown (gconstpointer test_data)
 		_svGetValue_check (sv, "NAME3", "name3-value");
 
 		svSetValue (sv, "NAME", "set-by-test1");
+		svSetValue (sv, "NAME2", NULL);
 		svSetValue (sv, "NAME2", "set-by-test2");
 		svSetValue (sv, "NAME3", "set-by-test3");