diff --git a/test/integration/api.bats b/test/integration/api.bats
index 8d16247f8f..1fe7d6fa92 100644
--- a/test/integration/api.bats
+++ b/test/integration/api.bats
@@ -190,7 +190,15 @@ function teardown() {
 @test "docker exec" {
 	start_docker 3
 	swarm_manage
-	run docker_swarm run -d --name test_container busybox sleep 100
+	run docker_swarm create --name test_container busybox sleep 100
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	# if container is not runing, exec will failed
+	run docker_swarm exec test_container ls
+	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" == *"is not running"* ]]
+
+	run docker_swarm start test_container
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 
 	# make sure container is up and not paused