diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
index acb8ab561..4e98a046a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_split.rs
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ fn test_split_number_oversized_stdin() {
     new_ucmd!()
         .args(&["--number=3", "---io-blksize=600"])
         .pipe_in_fixture("sixhundredfiftyonebytes.txt")
+        .ignore_stdin_write_error()
         .fails()
         .stderr_only("split: -: cannot determine input size\n");
 }