diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment.php
index a55ddd59e7..7858097f73 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Tests_Comment extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		);
 
 		$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
-		$this->assertEquals( '<a href="http://example.localhost/something.html" rel="nofollow ugc">click</a>', $comment->comment_content, 'Comment: ' . $comment->comment_content );
+		$this->assertSame( '<a href="http://example.localhost/something.html" rel="nofollow ugc">click</a>', $comment->comment_content, 'Comment: ' . $comment->comment_content );
 		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
 	}