diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
index 7cd55742fc0..5c29cf55e7d 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ while ($max_attempts-- >= 0)
 	last
 	  if (
 		find_in_log(
-			$node_standby, "WARNING:  creating missing directory: pg_tblspc/",
+			$node_standby, qr!WARNING: ( [A-Z0-9]+:)? creating missing directory: pg_tblspc/!,
 			$logstart));
 	sleep 1;
 }