diff --git a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/MessageStoreTests.java b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/MessageStoreTests.java
index 2f47d37e92..61940bd61e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/MessageStoreTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/MessageStoreTests.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class MessageStoreTests {
 		Set<ObjectName> names = server.queryNames(new ObjectName("test.MessageStore:type=SimpleMessageStore,*"), null);
 		assertEquals(1, names.size());
 		ObjectName name = names.iterator().next();
-		assertEquals(0, server.getAttribute(name, "MessageCount"));
+		assertEquals(0L, server.getAttribute(name, "MessageCount"));
 		assertEquals(0, server.getAttribute(name, "MessageGroupCount"));
 		assertEquals(0, server.getAttribute(name, "MessageCountForAllMessageGroups"));
 		assertEquals(0, server.getAttribute(name, "MarkedMessageCountForAllMessageGroups"));