diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/unix/linux/partition_probe.c b/src/OVAL/probes/unix/linux/partition_probe.c
index cd0e104132..eea7bc3480 100644
--- a/src/OVAL/probes/unix/linux/partition_probe.c
+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/unix/linux/partition_probe.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int partition_probe_main(probe_ctx *ctx, void *probe_arg)
                                 rc = oscap_pcre_exec(re, mnt_entp->mnt_dir,
                                                strlen(mnt_entp->mnt_dir), 0, 0, NULL, 0);
 
-                                if (rc == 0) {
+                                if (rc >= 0) {
 	                                if (
 #if defined(HAVE_BLKID_GET_TAG_VALUE)
 		                                collect_item(ctx, obj_over, mnt_entp, blkcache)
diff --git a/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.sh b/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.sh
index 4214612607..2e31fec0bd 100755
--- a/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.sh
+++ b/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.sh
@@ -10,22 +10,30 @@ function test_probes_partition {
 
     local ret_val=0;
     local DF="${srcdir}/test_probes_partition.xml"
-    local RF="test_probes_partition.results.xml"
-    echo "result file: $RF"
+    local result="test_probes_partition.results.xml"
+    echo "result file: $result"
     local stderr=$(mktemp $1.err.XXXXXX)
     echo "stderr file: $stderr"
 
-    [ -f $RF ] && rm -f $RF
+    [ -f $result ] && rm -f $result
 
-    $OSCAP oval eval --results $RF $DF 2>$stderr
+    $OSCAP oval eval --results $result $DF 2>$stderr
 
-    if [ -f $RF ]; then
-        verify_results "def" $DF $RF 1 && verify_results "tst" $DF $RF 1
+    if [ -f $result ]; then
+        verify_results "def" $DF $result 3 && verify_results "tst" $DF $result 3
         ret_val=$?
     else
         ret_val=1
     fi
 
+    CO='/oval_results/results/system/oval_system_characteristics/collected_objects'
+    assert_exists 1 $CO'/object[@id="oval:1:obj:1" and @flag="complete"]'
+    assert_exists 1 $CO'/object[@id="oval:1:obj:2" and @flag="complete"]'
+    assert_exists 1 $CO'/object[@id="oval:1:obj:3" and @flag="does not exist"]'
+    SD='/oval_results/results/system/oval_system_characteristics/system_data'
+    assert_exists 1 $SD'/lin-sys:partition_item'
+    assert_exists 1 $SD'/lin-sys:partition_item/lin-sys:mount_point[text()="/proc"]'
+
     grep -Ei "(W: |E: )" $stderr && ret_val=1 && echo "There is an error and/or a warning in the output!"
     rm $stderr
 
diff --git a/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.xml b/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.xml
index 9bb2237f50..711f68986e 100644
--- a/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.xml
+++ b/tests/probes/partition/test_probes_partition.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,28 @@
         </criteria>
       </criteria>
     </definition>
+    <definition class="compliance" version="1" id="oval:1:def:2"> <!-- comment="true" -->
+      <metadata>
+        <title></title>
+        <description></description>
+      </metadata>
+      <criteria>
+        <criteria operator="AND">
+          <criterion test_ref="oval:1:tst:2"/>
+        </criteria>
+      </criteria>
+    </definition>
+    <definition class="compliance" version="1" id="oval:1:def:3"> <!-- comment="true" -->
+      <metadata>
+        <title></title>
+        <description></description>
+      </metadata>
+      <criteria>
+        <criteria operator="AND">
+          <criterion test_ref="oval:1:tst:3"/>
+        </criteria>
+      </criteria>
+    </definition>
 
   </definitions>
 
@@ -29,18 +51,34 @@
       <object object_ref="oval:1:obj:1"/>
       <state state_ref="oval:1:ste:1"/>
     </partition_test>
+    <partition_test version="1" id="oval:1:tst:2" check="at least one" comment="true" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
+      <object object_ref="oval:1:obj:2"/>
+      <state state_ref="oval:1:ste:2"/>
+    </partition_test>
+    <partition_test version="1" id="oval:1:tst:3" check="at least one" check_existence="none_exist" comment="true" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
+      <object object_ref="oval:1:obj:3"/>
+    </partition_test>
   </tests>
 
   <objects>
     <partition_object version="1" id="oval:1:obj:1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
       <mount_point>/proc</mount_point>
     </partition_object>
+    <partition_object version="1" id="oval:1:obj:2" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
+      <mount_point operation="pattern match">^\/proc$</mount_point>
+    </partition_object>
+    <partition_object version="1" id="oval:1:obj:3" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
+      <mount_point operation="pattern match">^something.*without.*leading.*slash$</mount_point>
+    </partition_object>
   </objects>
 
   <states>
     <partition_state version="1" id="oval:1:ste:1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
       <device>proc</device>
     </partition_state>
+    <partition_state version="1" id="oval:1:ste:2" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">
+      <device>proc</device>
+    </partition_state>
   </states>
 
-</oval_definitions>
\ No newline at end of file
+</oval_definitions>