diff --git a/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
index ad0c37d..327c73d 100644
--- a/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gnu/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ def test_gnu_lister(swh_listers, requests_mock_datadir):
 
         assert row['policy'] == 'oneshot'
         assert row['priority'] is None
+        assert row['retries_left'] == 3