diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/MessageIdCompareToTest.java b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/MessageIdCompareToTest.java
index 850019d27ebf0..7e3dc7df3ef16 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/MessageIdCompareToTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/MessageIdCompareToTest.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public void testBatchMessageIdImplCompareToTopicMessageId() {
         assertTrue(topicMessageId1.compareTo(messageIdImpl1) < 0, "Expected to be less than");
         assertTrue(topicMessageId2.compareTo(messageIdImpl1) < 0, "Expected to be less than");
         assertTrue(topicMessageId2.compareTo(messageIdImpl2) < 0, "Expected to be less than");
-        assertTrue(topicMessageId2.compareTo(messageIdImpl2) < 0, "Expected to be less than");
+        assertEquals(topicMessageId2.compareTo(messageIdImpl3), 0, "Expected to be equal");
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")