diff --git a/t/t3429-rebase-edit-todo.sh b/t/t3429-rebase-edit-todo.sh
index 28e4bdd0d93a1a..a421c35d8a3b4e 100755
--- a/t/t3429-rebase-edit-todo.sh
+++ b/t/t3429-rebase-edit-todo.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 test_expect_success 'rebase exec modifies rebase-todo' '
 	todo=.git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo &&
 	git rebase HEAD~1 -x "echo exec touch F >>$todo" &&
-	test -e F
+	test_path_is_file F
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rebase exec with an empty list does not exec anything' '