diff --git a/agent/test/src/bal_stub.cc b/agent/test/src/bal_stub.cc
index 2c778ce..62eb931 100644
--- a/agent/test/src/bal_stub.cc
+++ b/agent/test/src/bal_stub.cc
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 
 bcmos_errno bcmos_task_query(const bcmos_task *task, bcmos_task_parm *parm) {
     printf (" -- stub bcmos_task_query called --\n");
-    return BCM_ERR_OK;
+    return BCM_ERR_ALREADY;
 }
 
 bcmos_errno bcmos_task_create(bcmos_task *task, const bcmos_task_parm *parm) {