diff --git a/library/test/src/lib.rs b/library/test/src/lib.rs
index 0c748da1a59cc..2b70bb4299ee6 100644
--- a/library/test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/test/src/lib.rs
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ fn make_owned_test(test: &&TestDescAndFn) -> TestDescAndFn {
 /// and checks for a `0` result.
 pub fn assert_test_result<T: Termination>(result: T) {
     let code = result.report().to_i32();
-    assert_eq!(
-        code, 0,
+    assert!(
+        code == 0,
         "the test returned a termination value with a non-zero status code ({}) \
          which indicates a failure",
         code