diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
index 50eb9c5d24dd3c8935c80cca59c200c04e425271..14976c2cf815080c097f7c88620a3a0f359868c8 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake/dbs_test.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def db_create_and_drop(expected_database)
           output = rails("db:create")
           assert_match(/Created database/, output)
           assert File.exist?(expected_database)
-          assert_equal expected_database, ActiveRecord::Base.connection_config[:database] if environment_loaded
+          assert_equal expected_database, ActiveRecord::Base.connection_config[:database]
           output = rails("db:drop")
           assert_match(/Dropped database/, output)
           assert_not File.exist?(expected_database)