diff --git a/test/printf-test.cc b/test/printf-test.cc
index ccd72dcd..34a0d734 100644
--- a/test/printf-test.cc
+++ b/test/printf-test.cc
@@ -617,12 +617,14 @@ TEST(PrintfTest, PrintfDetermineOutputSize) {
 
   const auto format_string = "%s";
   const auto format_arg = "Hello";
-  const auto expected_size = fmt::sprintf(format_string, format_arg).size();
+  const auto expected_size = 5;
 
-  EXPECT_EQ((truncated_printf_context(
+  EXPECT_EQ(expected_size, fmt::sprintf(format_string, format_arg).size());
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(expected_size,
+            (truncated_printf_context(
                  fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<backit>(it, 0), format_string,
                  fmt::make_format_args<truncated_printf_context>(format_arg))
                  .format()
-                 .count()),
-            expected_size);
+                 .count()));
 }