diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
index 9639588ef2abe96c5255c7bd633189d83efb0489..c1a8da2270dc516f22a45a38c774c934a558d6fe 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
@@ -442,10 +442,7 @@ def test_unabstracted_database_dependent_types
 
         ActiveRecord::Migration.add_column :people, :intelligence_quotient, :tinyint
         Person.reset_column_information
-        Person.create :intelligence_quotient => 300
-        jonnyg = Person.find(:first)
-        assert_equal 127, jonnyg.intelligence_quotient
-        jonnyg.destroy
+        assert_match /tinyint/, Person.columns_hash['intelligence_quotient'].sql_type
       ensure
         ActiveRecord::Migration.remove_column :people, :intelligence_quotient rescue nil
       end