1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/api/proc_spec.lua b/test/functional/api/proc_spec.lua
index d99c26b6c2..e11e03203f 100644
--- a/test/functional/api/proc_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/api/proc_spec.lua
@@ -17,24 +17,28 @@ describe('api', function()
     it('returns child process ids', function()
       local this_pid = funcs.getpid()
 
+      -- Might be non-zero already (left-over from some other test?),
+      -- but this is not what is tested here.
+      local initial_childs = request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid)
+
       local job1 = funcs.jobstart(nvim_argv)
       retry(nil, nil, function()
-        eq(1, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
+        eq(#initial_childs + 1, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
       end)
 
       local job2 = funcs.jobstart(nvim_argv)
       retry(nil, nil, function()
-        eq(2, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
+        eq(#initial_childs + 2, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
       end)
 
       funcs.jobstop(job1)
       retry(nil, nil, function()
-        eq(1, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
+        eq(#initial_childs + 1, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
       end)
 
       funcs.jobstop(job2)
       retry(nil, nil, function()
-        eq(0, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
+        eq(#initial_childs, #request('nvim_get_proc_children', this_pid))
       end)
     end)