diff --git a/test_regress/driver.pl b/test_regress/driver.pl
index 54314bae6..48b6d9539 100755
--- a/test_regress/driver.pl
+++ b/test_regress/driver.pl
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ sub file_grep {
     return if ($contents eq "_Already_Errored_");
     if ($contents !~ /$regexp/) {
         $self->error("File_grep: $filename: Regexp not found: $regexp\n");
-    } elsif ($expvalue && $expvalue ne $1) {
+    } elsif (defined($expvalue) && $expvalue ne $1) {
         $self->error("File_grep: $filename: Got='$1' Expected='$expvalue' in regexp: $regexp\n");
     }
 }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_case_huge.pl b/test_regress/t/t_case_huge.pl
index b8b37ebdc..73bc861e6 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_case_huge.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_case_huge.pl
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ compile(
 
 if ($Self->{vlt_all}) {
     file_grep($Self->{stats}, qr/Optimizations, Tables created\s+(\d+)/i, 10);
-    file_grep($Self->{stats}, qr/Optimizations, Combined CFuncs\s+(\d+)/i,
-              ($Self->{vltmt} ? 0 : 8));
+    file_grep($Self->{stats}, qr/Optimizations, Combined CFuncs\s+(\d+)/i, 8);
 }
 
 execute(