diff --git a/tests/interactive.expect.rc b/tests/interactive.expect.rc
index abfa41c5a..b2a0ddbf5 100644
--- a/tests/interactive.expect.rc
+++ b/tests/interactive.expect.rc
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ proc expect_prompt {args} {
     } else {
         log_info "expecting prompt $prompt_counter"
     }
-    set expargs [concat $prompt_pat [list $prompt_action] $expargs]
+    set expargs [concat $expargs $prompt_pat [list $prompt_action]]
     expect {*}$expargs
     incr prompt_counter
 }