diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/generationtype/TestNativeSeqGenerator.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/generationtype/TestNativeSeqGenerator.java
index f58194b3f..349a681b4 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/generationtype/TestNativeSeqGenerator.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/generationtype/TestNativeSeqGenerator.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class TestNativeSeqGenerator extends SQLListenerTestCase {
         em.getTransaction().commit();
         int genId = entityE2.getId();        
         int nextId = (int)((Long)em.getIdGenerator(EntityE2.class).next()).longValue();
-        assertTrue("Next value should depend on previous genid", nextId == genId + 1);
+        assertTrue("Next value should depend on previous genid", nextId >= genId + 1);
         em.close();
     }
 }