diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_wpas_config.py b/tests/hwsim/test_wpas_config.py
index 34024aaf6..12cb6e8a4 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_wpas_config.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_wpas_config.py
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ def test_wpas_config_file(dev, apdev, params):
             os.rmdir(config)
         except:
             pass
+        wpas.dump_monitor()
+        wpas.request("SET country 00")
+        wpas.wait_event(["CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE"], timeout=1)
 
 def test_wpas_config_file_wps(dev, apdev):
     """wpa_supplicant config file parsing/writing with WPS"""