diff --git a/spring-rabbit-junit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/junit/BrokerRunningSupport.java b/spring-rabbit-junit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/junit/BrokerRunningSupport.java
index 8711afa3..68cdc822 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit-junit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/junit/BrokerRunningSupport.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit-junit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/junit/BrokerRunningSupport.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public final class BrokerRunningSupport {
 			body = response.getBody();
 		}
 		return body != null
-				? response.getBody().equals("{\"status\":\"ok\"}")
+				? body.equals("{\"status\":\"ok\"}")
 				: false;
 	}