diff --git a/Lib/test/test_repl.py b/Lib/test/test_repl.py
index 1e4b48622b9383..228b326699e75f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_repl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_repl.py
@@ -296,12 +296,12 @@ def f():
 
 class TestAsyncioREPL(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_multiple_statements_fail_early(self):
-        user_input = "1 / 0; print('afterwards')"
+        user_input = "1 / 0; print(f'afterwards: {1+1}')"
         p = spawn_repl("-m", "asyncio")
         p.stdin.write(user_input)
         output = kill_python(p)
         self.assertIn("ZeroDivisionError", output)
-        self.assertNotIn("afterwards", output)
+        self.assertNotIn("afterwards: 2", output)
 
     def test_toplevel_contextvars_sync(self):
         user_input = dedent("""\