diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestSolrDeletionPolicy1.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestSolrDeletionPolicy1.java
index a89dbb84562..758a3a0ba86 100644
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestSolrDeletionPolicy1.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestSolrDeletionPolicy1.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class TestSolrDeletionPolicy1 extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     IndexDeletionPolicyWrapper delPolicy = h.getCore().getDeletionPolicy();
     addDocs();
     Map<Long, IndexCommit> commits = delPolicy.getCommits();
-    assertEquals(((SolrDeletionPolicy) (delPolicy.getWrappedDeletionPolicy())).getMaxOptimizedCommitsToKeep(), commits.size());
+    assertTrue(commits.size() <= ((SolrDeletionPolicy) (delPolicy.getWrappedDeletionPolicy())).getMaxOptimizedCommitsToKeep());
   }
 
   @Test