diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-mte.py b/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-mte.py
index a4cae6caa0..9ad98e7a54 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-mte.py
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-mte.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from sys import argv
 from test_gdbstub import arg_parser, main, report
 
 
-PATTERN_0 = "Memory tags for address 0x[0-9a-f]+ match \\(0x[0-9a-f]+\\)."
-PATTERN_1 = ".*(0x[0-9a-f]+)"
+PATTERN_0 = r"Memory tags for address 0x[0-9a-f]+ match \(0x[0-9a-f]+\)."
+PATTERN_1 = r".*(0x[0-9a-f]+)"
 
 
 def run_test():