diff --git a/test/emacs b/test/emacs
index 6f82b08e..f4ff3f12 100755
--- a/test/emacs
+++ b/test/emacs
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ test_expect_equal_file OUTPUT EXPECTED
 test_begin_subtest "Save attachment from within emacs using notmuch-show-save-attachments"
 # save as archive to test that Emacs does not re-compress .gz
 echo ./attachment1.gz | test_emacs '(notmuch-show "id:cf0c4d610911171136h1713aa59w9cf9aa31f052ad0a@mail.gmail.com") (notmuch-show-save-attachments)' > /dev/null 2>&1
-test_expect_equal_file "$EXPECTED/attachment" attachment1.gz
+test_expect_equal_file attachment1.gz "$EXPECTED/attachment"
 
 test_begin_subtest "Save attachment from within emacs using notmuch-show-save-part"
 # save as archive to test that Emacs does not re-compress .gz
 echo ./attachment2.gz | test_emacs '(notmuch-show-save-part "id:cf0c4d610911171136h1713aa59w9cf9aa31f052ad0a@mail.gmail.com" 5)' > /dev/null 2>&1
-test_expect_equal_file "$EXPECTED/attachment" attachment2.gz
+test_expect_equal_file attachment2.gz "$EXPECTED/attachment"
 
 test_begin_subtest "View raw message within emacs"
 first_line=$(head -n1 $EXPECTED/raw-message-cf0c4d-52ad0a)