diff --git a/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs b/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
index a59a62c45..0dbac6fe2 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,13 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "32")]
     fn test_parse_obsolete_overflow_x32() {
-        assert_eq!(obsolete("-42949672960"), Some(Err(ParseError)));
-        assert_eq!(obsolete("-42949672k"), Some(Err(ParseError)));
+        assert_eq!(
+            obsolete("-42949672960"),
+            obsolete_result(&["-n", "4294967295"])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            obsolete("-42949672k"),
+            obsolete_result(&["-c", "4294967295"])
+        );
     }
 }