diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push.sh b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
index 11b343274f..10e5fd0d5a 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
@@ -94,10 +94,15 @@ test_expect_success 'MKCOL sends directory names with trailing slashes' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'PUT and MOVE sends object to URLs with SHA-1 hash suffix' '
+x1="[0-9a-f]"
+x2="$x1$x1"
+x5="$x1$x1$x1$x1$x1"
+x38="$x5$x5$x5$x5$x5$x5$x5$x1$x1$x1"
+x40="$x38$x2"
 
-	grep -P "\"(?:PUT|MOVE) .+objects/[\da-z]{2}/[\da-z]{38}_[\da-z\-]{40} HTTP/[0-9.]+\" 20\d" \
-		< "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log
+test_expect_success 'PUT and MOVE sends object to URLs with SHA-1 hash suffix' '
+	sed -e "s/PUT /OP /" -e "s/MOVE /OP /" "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log |
+	grep -e "\"OP .*/objects/$x2/${x38}_$x40 HTTP/[.0-9]*\" 20[0-9] "
 
 '