diff --git a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
index c34714ffe3..4458820168 100755
--- a/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ test_expect_success '@{reflog}-parsing does not look beyond colon' '
 	git add @{yesterday} &&
 	git commit -m "funny reflog file" &&
 	git hash-object @{yesterday} >expect &&
-	git rev-parse HEAD:@{yesterday} >actual
+	git rev-parse HEAD:@{yesterday} >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success '@{upstream}-parsing does not look beyond colon' '
@@ -266,7 +267,8 @@ test_expect_success '@{upstream}-parsing does not look beyond colon' '
 	git add @{upstream} &&
 	git commit -m "funny upstream file" &&
 	git hash-object @{upstream} >expect &&
-	git rev-parse HEAD:@{upstream} >actual
+	git rev-parse HEAD:@{upstream} >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_done