diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_eap_proto.py b/tests/hwsim/test_eap_proto.py
index afdc45d70..a8f4aeb36 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_eap_proto.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_eap_proto.py
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ def test_eap_proto_sake_server(dev, apdev):
     # Unknown session
     # --> EAP-SAKE: Session ID mismatch
     sess, = struct.unpack('B', binascii.unhexlify(resp[20:22]))
-    sess = binascii.hexlify(struct.pack('B', sess + 1)).decode()
+    sess = binascii.hexlify(struct.pack('B', (sess + 1) % 256)).decode()
     msg = resp[0:4] + "0008" + resp[8:12] + "0008" + "3002" + sess + "00"
     tx_msg(dev[0], hapd, msg)
     # Unknown subtype