diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/035_standby_logical_decoding.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/035_standby_logical_decoding.pl
index 094f35aa74d..115cae97eac 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/035_standby_logical_decoding.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/035_standby_logical_decoding.pl
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ is( $node_standby->safe_psql(
 	'f',
 	'database dropped on standby');
 
-check_slots_dropped('drop_db', $handle);
+check_slots_dropped('drop_db_', $handle);
 
 is($node_standby->slot('otherslot')->{'slot_type'},
 	'logical', 'otherslot on standby not dropped');