diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
index 7c2f596694..6e0ad40272 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ public class TransactionJoiningTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase
 			em.createQuery( "from Book" ).getResultList();
 		}
 		catch ( PersistenceException e ) {
-			caught = e.getCause().getClass().equals( GenericJDBCException.class );
+			// slightly different expectation here now because of HHH-9312
+			caught = true;
 		}
 		assertTrue( caught );