diff --git a/.oniro-ci/test-generic.yaml b/.oniro-ci/test-generic.yaml
index 29f7e17266019ec564eb6c90cddafde546a59f5e..f07e9bbae188cb46fff97bf01a6e308620dae972 100644
--- a/.oniro-ci/test-generic.yaml
+++ b/.oniro-ci/test-generic.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
           sed "s/@image_basename@/$image_basename/" job_def.yaml | tee lava_jobs/"${image_basename}".yaml
         done
       # Generate job definitions for linux LTP test.
-      elif grep -q "\$TST_CMDFILES" job_def.yaml; then
+      elif grep -q "@TST_CMDFILES@" job_def.yaml; then
         for test_cmdfile in ${LTP_TST_CMDFILES}; do
           ltp_job_name="ltp-${test_cmdfile}.yaml"
           echo "--- Generating lava job definition ${ltp_job_name} ---"