diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
index efa764c51..496f0e8b2 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testMissingDirBail">
-    <copy todir="copytest1dir" failonerror="false">
+    <copy todir="copytest1dir" failonerror="true">
       <fileset dir="not-there"/>
     </copy>
   </target>