diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
index 78feccd9aa..bce3d6d701 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ ok($initfile ne $endfile, "$initfile differs from $endfile");
 # contents
 $node->stop('immediate');
 
-unlink $node->basedir . "/pgdata/pg_wal/$endfile"
-  or die "could not unlink " . $node->basedir . "/pgdata/pg_wal/$endfile: $!";
+system(sprintf("mv %s/pgdata/pg_wal/$endfile %s/archives/", $node->basedir, $node->basedir));
 
 # OK, create a standby at this spot.
 $node->backup_fs_cold('backup');
@@ -106,4 +105,17 @@ $node_standby->promote;
 $node->stop;
 $node_standby->stop;
 
+my $node_primary_2  = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('primary_2');
+$node_primary_2->init_from_backup($node, 'backup', has_restoring => 1, standby => 0);
+
+$node_primary_2->append_conf(
+	'postgresql.conf', qq(
+log_min_messages = debug1
+));
+$node_primary_2->start;
+$node_primary_2->poll_query_until('postgres',
+								  'SELECT NOT pg_is_in_recovery()');
+is($node_primary_2->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT pg_is_in_recovery()'), 'f',
+  'check if the copied server has promoted');
+  
 done_testing();