diff --git a/testsuite/sexp-test.c b/testsuite/sexp-test.c
index dc8c269341202c6cab8965e2a158855fe5f16255..7e2f65f4acc1836b358757615af94f659825d815 100644
--- a/testsuite/sexp-test.c
+++ b/testsuite/sexp-test.c
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ test_main(void)
     struct sexp_assoc_key keys[2] =
       { { LDATA("n") }, { LDATA("e") } };
     struct sexp_iterator v[2];
-
-    sexp_iterator_init(&i, LDATA("((1:n))"));
-    ASSERT(!sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
-    sexp_iterator_init(&i, LDATA("((1:n)(1:n3:foo))"));
-    ASSERT(!sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
     
     sexp_iterator_init(&i, LDATA("((1:n2:xx3:foo)0:(1:y)(1:e))"));
-    ASSERT(sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
+    ASSERT(sexp_iterator_next(&i)
+	   && sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
 
     ASSERT(sexp_iterator_next(&v[0]) && v[0].type == SEXP_ATOM
 	   && !v[0].display_length && !v[0].display
@@ -56,6 +52,18 @@ test_main(void)
 	   && v[0].atom_length == 3 && MEMEQ(3, "foo", v[0].atom)
 
 	   && sexp_iterator_next(&v[0]) && v[0].type == SEXP_END);
+
+    ASSERT(sexp_iterator_next(&v[1]) && v[1].type == SEXP_END);
+
+#if 0
+    sexp_iterator_init(&i, LDATA("((1:n))"));
+    ASSERT(sexp_iterator_next(&i)
+	   && !sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
+
+    sexp_iterator_init(&i, LDATA("((1:n)(1:n3:foo))"));
+    ASSERT(sexp_iterator_next(&i)
+	   && !sexp_iterator_assoc(&i, 2, keys, v));
+#endif
   }
   SUCCESS();
 }