diff --git a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/ExponentialMovingAverageRateCumulativeHistoryTests.java b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/ExponentialMovingAverageRateCumulativeHistoryTests.java
index 4ad70ea0cf..c2401800e6 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/ExponentialMovingAverageRateCumulativeHistoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/ExponentialMovingAverageRateCumulativeHistoryTests.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ExponentialMovingAverageRateCumulativeHistoryTests {
 		Thread.sleep(22L);
 		history.increment();
 		Thread.sleep(18L);
-		assertEquals(0, Math.log10(history.getStandardDeviation()), 1);
+		assertTrue("Standard deviation should be non-zero: "+history, history.getStandardDeviation()>0);
 	}
 
 }