diff --git a/t/conf.d/09-invalid-policy/sched-fluxion-resource.toml b/t/conf.d/09-invalid-policy/sched-fluxion-resource.toml
index ba49e1c4a..abeb6b639 100644
--- a/t/conf.d/09-invalid-policy/sched-fluxion-resource.toml
+++ b/t/conf.d/09-invalid-policy/sched-fluxion-resource.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [sched-fluxion-resource]
 
-match-policy = "invalid"
+match-policy = "first"
 load-allowlist="node,core,gpu"
 reserve-vtx-vec=200000
 prune-filters="ALL:core,ALL:gpu"