diff --git a/tests/msgbuf.cpp b/tests/msgbuf.cpp
index f6dcad5..68f17ae 100644
--- a/tests/msgbuf.cpp
+++ b/tests/msgbuf.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     int16_t val;
 
     ASSERT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_init_errno(ctx, sizeof(buf), buf, sizeof(buf)), 0);
-    EXPECT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_extract_int16(ctx, val), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_extract_int16(ctx, val), 0);
     EXPECT_EQ(val, INT16_MIN);
     EXPECT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_complete(ctx), 0);
 }
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
     uint32_t val;
 
     ASSERT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_init_errno(ctx, sizeof(buf), buf, sizeof(buf)), 0);
-    EXPECT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_extract_uint32(ctx, val), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_extract_uint32(ctx, val), 0);
     EXPECT_EQ(val, 0x5a00ffa5);
     EXPECT_EQ(pldm_msgbuf_complete(ctx), 0);
 }