diff --git a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
index 8c184dd..41d85a8 100644
--- a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
+++ b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
@@ -750,6 +750,13 @@
 	msgb_free(msg);
 }
 
+#define EXPECT_ENCODED(hexstr) do { \
+		const char *enc_str = msgb_hexdump(msg); \
+		printf("%s: encoded: %s(rc = %u)\n", __func__, enc_str, rc_enc); \
+		OSMO_ASSERT(strcmp(enc_str, hexstr " ") == 0); \
+		OSMO_ASSERT(rc_enc == msg->len); \
+	} while(0)
+
 static void test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_list_lac()
 {
 	struct gsm0808_cell_id_list2 enc_cil;
@@ -767,7 +774,7 @@
 
 	msg = msgb_alloc(1024, "output buffer");
 	rc_enc = gsm0808_enc_cell_id_list2(msg, &enc_cil);
-	OSMO_ASSERT(rc_enc == 9);
+	EXPECT_ENCODED("1a 07 05 56 78 00 00 00 00");
 
 	rc_dec = gsm0808_dec_cell_id_list2(&dec_cil, msg->data + 2, msg->len - 2);
 	OSMO_ASSERT(rc_dec == 7);
@@ -1256,13 +1263,6 @@
 	printf("------- %s done\n", __func__);
 }
 
-#define EXPECT_ENCODED(hexstr) do { \
-		const char *enc_str = msgb_hexdump(msg); \
-		printf("%s: encoded: %s(rc = %u)\n", __func__, enc_str, rc_enc); \
-		OSMO_ASSERT(strcmp(enc_str, hexstr " ") == 0); \
-		OSMO_ASSERT(rc_enc == msg->len); \
-	} while(0)
-
 static void test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_lac()
 {
 	struct gsm0808_cell_id enc_ci = {
diff --git a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
index 27170f2..0ec6d23 100644
--- a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
+++ b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 Testing creating Paging Request
 Testing creating DTAP
 Testing prepend DTAP
+test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_list_lac: encoded: 1a 07 05 56 78 00 00 00 00 (rc = 9)
 ------- test_cell_id_list_add
      cell_id_list cgi[0] = {
      }