--- /usr/share/dejagnu/dejagnu.exp.old	2014-10-08 13:38:57.274068541 -0400
+++ /usr/share/dejagnu/dejagnu.exp	2014-10-10 12:27:51.113813659 -0400
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ proc host_execute {args} {
     set timetol 0
     set arguments ""
 
-    expect_before buffer_full { perror "Buffer full" }
-
     if { [llength $args] == 0} {
 	set executable $args
     } else {
@@ -133,6 +131,8 @@ proc host_execute {args} {
     # test case.
     # spawn -noecho -open [open "|./${executable}" "r"]
     spawn -noecho "./${executable}" ${params}
+    expect_before full_buffer { perror "Buffer full" }
+
     set prefix "\[^\r\n\]*"
     expect {
 	-re "^$prefix\[0-9\]\[0-9\]:..:..:${text}*\r\n" {