diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/object-stream.test b/qpdf/qtest/object-stream.test
index bed3fef..e946867 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/object-stream.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/object-stream.test
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ $td->runtest("recover file with xref stream",
              {$td->COMMAND => "qpdf --static-id --compress-streams=n" .
                   " recover-xref-stream.pdf a.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "recover-xref-stream.out", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 3},
-             $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
+             $td->EXPECT_FAILURE);
 $td->runtest("check file",
              {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},
-             {$td->FILE => "recover-xref-stream-recovered.pdf"});
+             {$td->FILE => "recover-xref-stream-recovered.pdf"},
+             $td->EXPECT_FAILURE);
 
 # Self-referential object stream
 $td->runtest("self-referential object stream",
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/recover-xref-stream.pdf b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/recover-xref-stream.pdf
index f8da3f1..98e565c 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/recover-xref-stream.pdf
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/recover-xref-stream.pdf