diff --git a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
index 26b5ca7411..470c495b0d 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader packaged probe allowance", () => {
     }
   };
 
-  it("keeps probing later packaged images after an unread zero-byte probe", async () => {
+  it("keeps probing after a zero-byte unread packaged image", async () => {
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-release-unread-probe-");
     const broken = Buffer.alloc(8192);
     broken.set([0x7f, 0x45, 0x4c, 0x46], 0);
@@ -1816,15 +1816,19 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader packaged probe allowance", () => {
       (reader) => {
         const open = reader.open.bind(reader);
         reader.open = (entry, signal) => {
-          if (!entry.path.endsWith("01-broken.node")) return open(entry, signal);
+          if (!entry.path.endsWith("01-broken.node")) {
+            return open(entry, signal);
+          }
           brokenOpens += 1;
-          return Promise.reject(new Error("member read failed"));
+          return brokenOpens === 1
+            ? open(entry, signal)
+            : Promise.reject(new Error("member read failed"));
         };
         return reader;
       },
       () => inspect(root),
     );
-    expect(brokenOpens).toBe(1);
+    expect(brokenOpens).toBe(2);
     expect(scanned.coverage).toBe("unknown");
     expect(scanned.limitations).toContainEqual(
       expect.stringMatching(
@@ -1838,14 +1842,11 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader packaged probe allowance", () => {
     );
     expect(scanned.limitations.join("\n")).toContain("was not expanded");
     expect(scanned.omitted).toContainEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        subject: "embedded package probes",
-        count: 1,
-      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ subject: "embedded package probes", count: 1 }),
     );
   });
 
-  it("charges partial bytes of an unread probe to the packaged allowance", async () => {
+  it("charges partial unread bytes to the packaged allowance", async () => {
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-release-partial-probe-");
     const elf = (size: number): Buffer => {
       const bytes = Buffer.alloc(size);
@@ -1871,14 +1872,16 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader packaged probe allowance", () => {
           source.open = (entry, signal) => {
             if (entry.path.endsWith("01-first.node")) {
               firstOpens += 1;
-              return Promise.resolve(
-                Readable.from(
-                  (function* (): Generator<Buffer> {
-                    yield Buffer.alloc(4096);
-                    throw new Error("damaged image");
-                  })(),
-                ),
-              );
+              if (firstOpens > 1) {
+                return Promise.resolve(
+                  Readable.from(
+                    (function* (): Generator<Buffer> {
+                      yield Buffer.alloc(4096);
+                      throw new Error("damaged image");
+                    })(),
+                  ),
+                );
+              }
             }
             if (entry.path.endsWith("02-second.node")) secondOpens += 1;
             return open(entry, signal);
@@ -1893,8 +1896,8 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader packaged probe allowance", () => {
           ),
       );
       if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
-      expect(firstOpens).toBe(1);
-      expect(secondOpens).toBe(0);
+      expect(firstOpens).toBe(2);
+      expect(secondOpens).toBe(2);
       expect(result.value.limitations).toContainEqual(
         expect.stringMatching(
           /^Did not probe .*01-first\.node for an embedded package\.$/u,