diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/GTestWrapper.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/GTestWrapper.java
index 1d1fa038ff5..50998c2748a 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/GTestWrapper.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gtest/GTestWrapper.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class GTestWrapper {
         command.add("-jdk");
         command.add(Utils.TEST_JDK);
         command.add("--gtest_output=xml:" + resultFile);
-        command.add("--gtest_catch_exceptions=0" + resultFile);
+        command.add("--gtest_catch_exceptions=0");
         for (String a : args) {
             command.add(a);
         }