diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
index ec5e4a357c317f080543086cf2650ab66b4c4ebc..3f90e786c1bdf64257d49e5d3bc8e480c4be6b62 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_help.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Make double-sure the RAILS_ENV is set to test,
-# so fixtures are loaded to the right database
-abort("Abort testing: Your Rails environment is not running in test mode!") unless Rails.env.test?
+# Make double-sure the RAILS_ENV is not set to production,
+# so fixtures aren't loaded into that environment
+abort("Abort testing: Your Rails environment is not running in test mode!") if Rails.env.production?
 
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires'