diff --git a/src/test/connector.rs b/src/test/connector.rs
index ad7c1ddc80170f63e055c4d84abd88c412763d38..f54cb2aca442d187b0c3da8d0cc7f375fbfde1fd 100644
--- a/src/test/connector.rs
+++ b/src/test/connector.rs
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ fn fifo_1_e() {
                 // get
                 assert_eq!(Ok(()), x.get(1));
                 assert_eq!(Ok(0), x.sync(timeout));
-                assert_eq!(Ok(&[] as &[u8]), x.read_gotten(1));
+                assert_eq!(Ok(b"message~" as &[u8]), x.read_gotten(1));
             }
         },
     ]));