diff --git a/tests/unit/type/hash.tcl b/tests/unit/type/hash.tcl
index ef49a27d892566558d0d6a918330084a70c30b75..74f6d058e141a06196eec9cb8e3ce85a196de580 100644
--- a/tests/unit/type/hash.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/type/hash.tcl
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ start_server {tags {"hash"}} {
     } {8}
 
     test {Is the small hash encoded with a zipmap?} {
-        r debug object smallhash
-    } {*zipmap*}
+        assert_encoding zipmap smallhash
+    }
 
     test {HSET/HLEN - Big hash creation} {
         array set bighash {}