diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/data/home_ls-a b/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/data/home_ls-a
index 89bbbd9a..161c30fc 100644
--- a/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/data/home_ls-a
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/data/home_ls-a
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 -rw-r--r-- foo:foo `/home/foo2/toto'
+-rw-r--r-- foo:root `/home/foo2/groot'
+-rw-r--r-- root:foo `/home/foo2/uroot'
 drwxr-xr-x foo:foo `/home/foo2/.'
 drwxr-xr-x root:root `/home/foo2/..'
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test b/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test
index addb3904..6ac347c7 100755
--- a/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ change_config
 
 mkdir /home/foo
 echo toto > /home/foo/toto
+echo root > /home/foo/uroot
+echo root > /home/foo/groot
 chown -R foo:foo /home/foo
+chown root /home/foo/uroot
+chgrp root /home/foo/groot
 
 echo -n "Change the user's home directory (usermod -m -d /home/foo2 -u 1001 foo)..."
 usermod -m -d /home/foo2 -u 1001 foo