diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/pool/list_verbose.py b/src/tests/ftest/pool/list_verbose.py
index c90998169f2b..b3d545e3c4ea 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/pool/list_verbose.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/pool/list_verbose.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def create_expected(self, pool, scm_free, nvme_free, scm_imbalance,
                     "imbalance": nvme_imbalance
                 },
             ],
-            "mem_file_bytes": 0
+            "mem_file_bytes": scm_size
         }
 
     @staticmethod