diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_empty.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_empty.txt
index 1c3888caed739e..d197a79a67180c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_empty.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_init_empty.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 env GO111MODULE=on
 
-env GOPATH=$devnull
+env GOPATH=$WORK${/}invalid-gopath
 
 go list -m
 stdout '^example.com$'
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ go 1.13
 package main
 
 func main() {}
+
+-- $WORK/invalid-gopath
+This is a text file, not a directory.