diff --git a/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
index 4b55b13bfb..b12d3f4bc3 100644
--- a/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
+++ b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ class GstValidateTest(Test):
                 del expected_failure[key]
         for key, value in list(report.items()):
             if key in expected_failure:
-                if not re.findall(expected_failure[key], value):
+                if not re.findall(expected_failure[key], str(value)):
                     return False
                 expected_failure.pop(key)