diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/081 b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
index 537d40dfd5..253b7576be 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/081
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
@@ -45,15 +45,16 @@ _require_drivers quorum
 
 do_run_qemu()
 {
-    echo Testing: "$@" | _filter_imgfmt
+    echo Testing: "$@"
     $QEMU -nographic -qmp stdio -serial none "$@"
     echo
 }
 
 run_qemu()
 {
-    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qemu | _filter_qmp\
-                          | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_generated_node_ids
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt | _filter_qemu \
+                          | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io \
+                          | _filter_generated_node_ids
 }
 
 quorum="driver=raw,file.driver=quorum,file.vote-threshold=2"