diff --git a/tools/regression/geom_eli/resize.t b/tools/regression/geom_eli/resize.t
index f3d07e6dfe55..86ee36475fb5 100644
--- a/tools/regression/geom_eli/resize.t
+++ b/tools/regression/geom_eli/resize.t
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ echo ok $i - "fsck says ${md}a.eli is clean," $(echo $(echo "$out" | wc -l)) \
 i=$((i + 1))
 
 geli detach ${md}a.eli
+gpart destroy -F $md >/dev/null
 
 
 # Verify that the man page example works, changing ada0 to $md,