diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/MessageListenerContainerLifecycleIntegrationTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/MessageListenerContainerLifecycleIntegrationTests.java
index 5ba69641..4ff29028 100755
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/MessageListenerContainerLifecycleIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/MessageListenerContainerLifecycleIntegrationTests.java
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ public class MessageListenerContainerLifecycleIntegrationTests {
 			// container
 			Thread.sleep(500L);
 			container.shutdown();
-			assertEquals(0, container.getActiveConsumerCount());
 		}
 
+		assertEquals(0, container.getActiveConsumerCount());
 		assertNull(template.receiveAndConvert(queue.getName()));
 
 	}