diff --git a/libnm-core/tests/test-general.c b/libnm-core/tests/test-general.c
index 3bb2e1bb0..a0579a702 100644
--- a/libnm-core/tests/test-general.c
+++ b/libnm-core/tests/test-general.c
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@ test_nm_set_out (void)
 	/* test that we successfully re-defined _G_BOOLEAN_EXPR() */
 #define _T1(a) \
 	({ \
-		g_assert (a > 5); \
+		g_assert (a > 2); \
 		a; \
 	})
 	g_assert (_T1 (3) > 1);