diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_partitioning.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_partitioning.out
index 1b13f09f2..a2c03ef7a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_partitioning.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_partitioning.out
@@ -4301,8 +4301,8 @@ WHERE schemaname = 'partitioning_schema' AND tablename ilike '%part_table_with_%
 (2 rows)
 
 -- should work properly - no names clashes
-SELECT citus_activate_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
- citus_activate_node
+SELECT 1 FROM citus_activate_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+ ?column?
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                    1
 (1 row)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_partitioning.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_partitioning.sql
index b640d13b3..91bbc180b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_partitioning.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_partitioning.sql
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ SELECT tablename, indexname FROM pg_indexes
 WHERE schemaname = 'partitioning_schema' AND tablename ilike '%part_table_with_%' ORDER BY 1, 2;
 
 -- should work properly - no names clashes
-SELECT citus_activate_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+SELECT 1 FROM citus_activate_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
 
 \c - - - :worker_1_port
 -- check that indexes are named properly