diff --git a/regression/cbmc-incr-smt2/dynamic-memory/assert_dynamic.desc b/regression/cbmc-incr-smt2/dynamic-memory/assert_dynamic.desc
index 23804df57da8..af6116581e2e 100644
--- a/regression/cbmc-incr-smt2/dynamic-memory/assert_dynamic.desc
+++ b/regression/cbmc-incr-smt2/dynamic-memory/assert_dynamic.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CORE
 assert_dynamic.c
---trace
+--no-malloc-may-fail --trace
 Passing problem to incremental SMT2 solving
 line 16 assertion __CPROVER_DYNAMIC_OBJECT\(pointer\)\: FAILURE
 make_dynamic\=FALSE