diff --git a/test/t/unit/test_unit_command_offset.py b/test/t/unit/test_unit_command_offset.py
index 0e32c1f8076..039b5e30bc8 100644
--- a/test/t/unit/test_unit_command_offset.py
+++ b/test/t/unit/test_unit_command_offset.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def test_3(self, bash, functions, cmd, expected_completion):
         assert got == expected_completion
 
     def test_cmd_quoted(self, bash, functions):
+        assert assert_complete(bash, "meta cmd2 ") == self.wordlist
         assert assert_complete(bash, "meta 'cmd2' ") == self.wordlist
 
     def test_cmd_specialchar(self, bash, functions):