diff --git a/gensim/test/test_word2vec.py b/gensim/test/test_word2vec.py
index 5b8650b778..6ec505730e 100644
--- a/gensim/test/test_word2vec.py
+++ b/gensim/test/test_word2vec.py
@@ -121,21 +121,30 @@ def testSyn0NormNotSaved(self):
 
     def testLoadPreKeyedVectorModel(self):
         """Test loading pre-KeyedVectors word2vec model"""
+        actual_vector_size, actual_vocab_size = 10, 1750
 
         # Model stored in one file
         model = word2vec.Word2Vec.load(datapath('word2vec_pre_kv'))
-        self.assertTrue(model.wv.syn0.shape == (len(model.wv.vocab), model.vector_size))
-        self.assertTrue(model.syn1neg.shape == (len(model.wv.vocab), model.vector_size))
+        self.assertEqual(len(model.wv.vocab), actual_vocab_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.vector_size, actual_vector_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.wv.syn0.shape, (actual_vocab_size, actual_vector_size))
+        self.assertEqual(model.syn1neg.shape, (actual_vocab_size, actual_vector_size))
 
         # Model stored in multiple files
         model = word2vec.Word2Vec.load(datapath('word2vec_pre_kv_sep'))
-        self.assertTrue(model.wv.syn0.shape == (len(model.wv.vocab), model.vector_size))
-        self.assertTrue(model.syn1neg.shape == (len(model.wv.vocab), model.vector_size))
+        self.assertEqual(len(model.wv.vocab), actual_vocab_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.vector_size, actual_vector_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.wv.syn0.shape, (actual_vocab_size, actual_vector_size))
+        self.assertEqual(model.syn1neg.shape, (actual_vocab_size, actual_vector_size))
 
     def testLoadPreKeyedVectorModelCFormat(self):
         """Test loading pre-KeyedVectors word2vec model saved in word2vec format"""
+        actual_vector_size, actual_vocab_size = 10, 1750
+
         model = word2vec.Word2Vec.load_word2vec_format(datapath('word2vec_pre_kv_c'))
-        self.assertTrue(model.wv.syn0.shape[0] == len(model.wv.vocab))
+        self.assertEqual(len(model.wv.vocab), actual_vocab_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.vector_size, actual_vector_size)
+        self.assertEqual(model.wv.syn0.shape, (actual_vocab_size, actual_vector_size))
 
     def testPersistenceWord2VecFormat(self):
         """Test storing/loading the entire model in word2vec format."""