diff --git a/test/e2e/volume_ls_test.go b/test/e2e/volume_ls_test.go
index bd57494445..8ff7f31a07 100644
--- a/test/e2e/volume_ls_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/volume_ls_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman volume ls", func() {
 		empty := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("volume", "ls")
 		Expect(empty.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("DRIVER"))
 		Expect(empty.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("VOLUME NAME"))
-		Expect(empty.ErrorToStringArray()).To(HaveLen(1))
+		Expect(empty.ErrorToStringArray()).To(BeEmpty())
 
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"volume", "create", "myvol"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
diff --git a/test/utils/podmansession_test.go b/test/utils/podmansession_test.go
index 4c8c33dd79..75df73237a 100644
--- a/test/utils/podmansession_test.go
+++ b/test/utils/podmansession_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ var _ = Describe("PodmanSession test", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("Test ErrorToStringArray", func() {
-		Expect(session.ErrorToStringArray()).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "test", "Podman Session", ""}))
+		Expect(session.ErrorToStringArray()).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "test", "Podman Session"}))
+	})
+
+	It("Test ErrorToStringArray with empty output", func() {
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.ErrorToStringArray()).To(BeEmpty())
 	})
 
 	It("Test GrepString", func() {
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
index 9434efdbd3..905901031c 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -269,8 +269,14 @@ func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToString() string {
 // ErrorToStringArray returns the stderr output as a []string
 // where each array item is a line split by newline
 func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToStringArray() []string {
+	var results []string
 	output := string(s.Err.Contents())
-	return strings.Split(output, "\n")
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(output, "\n") {
+		if line != "" {
+			results = append(results, line)
+		}
+	}
+	return results
 }
 
 // GrepString takes session output and behaves like grep. it returns a bool