diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/cacheObject/ArchiveHeapTestClass.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/cacheObject/ArchiveHeapTestClass.java
index 8d7a312a840..f82f1a02b59 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/cacheObject/ArchiveHeapTestClass.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/cacheObject/ArchiveHeapTestClass.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class ArchiveHeapTestClass {
     static void testProductBuild() throws Exception {
         OutputAnalyzer output;
 
-        output = dumpHelloOnly("-XX:ArchiveHeapTestClass=NoSuchClass");
+        output = dumpHelloOnly("-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions", "-XX:ArchiveHeapTestClass=NoSuchClass");
         mustFail(output, "VM option 'ArchiveHeapTestClass' is develop and is available only in debug version of VM.");
     }
 }