diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/QueueControlTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/QueueControlTest.java
index 457c379f96..a16c49dd2b 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/QueueControlTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/QueueControlTest.java
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ public class QueueControlTest extends ManagementTestBase {
 
       final String twentyBytes = new String(new char[20]).replace("\0", "#");
 
-      ClientMessage clientMessage = createTextMessage(session, twentyBytes, true);
+      ClientMessage clientMessage = session.createMessage(Message.TEXT_TYPE, durable);
+      clientMessage.getBodyBuffer().writeNullableSimpleString(SimpleString.toSimpleString(twentyBytes));
       clientMessage.putStringProperty("x", twentyBytes);
 
       QueueControl queueControl = createManagementControl(address, queue);