diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MBeansHandlerTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MBeansHandlerTest.java
index 21634b7331d..84e2382d00c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MBeansHandlerTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/admin/MBeansHandlerTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.apache.solr.handler.admin;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
@@ -59,7 +61,17 @@ public class MBeansHandlerTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     NamedList stats = (NamedList)diff.get("ADMIN").get("/admin/mbeans").get("stats");
     
     //System.out.println("stats:"+stats);
-    assertEquals("Was: 1, Now: 2, Delta: 1", stats.get("requests"));
+    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("Was: (?<was>[0-9]+), Now: (?<now>[0-9]+), Delta: (?<delta>[0-9]+)");
+    String response = stats.get("requests").toString();
+    Matcher m = p.matcher(response);
+    if (!m.matches()) {
+      fail("Response did not match pattern: " + response);
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(1, Integer.parseInt(m.group("delta")));
+    int was = Integer.parseInt(m.group("was"));
+    int now = Integer.parseInt(m.group("now"));
+    assertEquals(1, now - was);
 
     xml = h.query(req(
         CommonParams.QT,"/admin/mbeans",