diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index a1cccc39eb..bc1e40ef83 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class DevtoolAddTests(DevtoolBase):
         pn = 'mbedtls'
         # this will trigger reformat_git_uri with branch parameter in url
         git_url = "'git://git@github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git;protocol=https'"
-        resulting_src_uri = "git://git@github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
+        resulting_src_uri = "gitsm://git@github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
         self._test_devtool_add_git_url(git_url, version, pn, resulting_src_uri)
 
     def test_devtool_add_library(self):