diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/ctl/set_permissions_globally_command_test.exs b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/ctl/set_permissions_globally_command_test.exs
index 8d6597fe58..2094da08a2 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/ctl/set_permissions_globally_command_test.exs
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/ctl/set_permissions_globally_command_test.exs
@@ -93,19 +93,23 @@ defmodule SetPermissionsGloballyCommandTest do
 
   @tag user: @user
   test "run: invalid regex patterns returns an error", context do
+    p1 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost1), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+    p2 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost2), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+    p3 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost3), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+
     assert @command.run(
              [context[:user], "^#{context[:user]}-.*", ".*", "*"],
              context[:opts]
            ) == {:error, {:invalid_regexp, '*', {'nothing to repeat', 0}}}
 
     # asserts that the failed command didn't change anything
-    p1 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost1), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
-    p2 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost2), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
-    p3 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost3), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+    p4 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost1), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+    p5 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost2), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
+    p6 = Enum.find(list_permissions(@vhost3), fn x -> x[:user] == context[:user] end)
 
-    assert p1 == [user: context[:user], configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]
-    assert p2 == [user: context[:user], configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]
-    assert p3 == [user: context[:user], configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]
+    assert p1 == p4
+    assert p2 == p5
+    assert p3 == p6
   end
 
   @tag user: @user