diff --git a/069 b/069
index 6763d4bc..cf557055 100755
--- a/069
+++ b/069
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ rm -f $seq.full
 umount $SCRATCH_DEV >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 echo "*** mkfs"
-_scratch_mkfs >/dev/null || _fail "mkfs failed"
+_scratch_mkfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || _fail "mkfs failed"
 
 echo "*** mount FS"
 _scratch_mount >/dev/null || _fail "mount failed"