diff --git a/tests/gnrc_netif/main.c b/tests/gnrc_netif/main.c
index 2b55d1bac8..7d04dc6311 100644
--- a/tests/gnrc_netif/main.c
+++ b/tests/gnrc_netif/main.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static void test_netif_get_name(void)
     TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(netif);
 
     res = netif_get_name(netif, name);
-    sprintf(exp_name, "if%d", (int) ((gnrc_netif_t *)netif)->pid);
+    sprintf(exp_name, "%d", (int) ((gnrc_netif_t *)netif)->pid);
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(strlen(exp_name), res);
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(&exp_name[0], &name[0]);
 }