diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
index e7bb76e3..a355aa4a 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ my $ntp_critmatch1 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?
 my $ntp_okmatch2 = '/^NTP\sOK:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_warnmatch2 = '/^NTP\sWARNING:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2}\s\(WARNING\),\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_critmatch2 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\s\(CRITICAL\),\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
-my $ntp_noresponse = '/^(.*Socket timeout after \d+ seconds.*)|.*No response from NTP server.*)$/';
+my $ntp_noresponse = '/^(.*Socket timeout after \d+ seconds.*)|(.*No response from NTP server.*)$/';
 my $ntp_nosuchhost = '/^check_ntp.*: Invalid hostname/address - ' . $hostname_invalid . '/';