diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/interceptor/auth/AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/interceptor/auth/AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test.java
index 295fc423344..fe70c2e20bb 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/interceptor/auth/AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/interceptor/auth/AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test.java
@@ -1769,6 +1769,7 @@ public class AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test {
 			@Override
 			public List<IAuthRule> buildRuleList(RequestDetails theRequestDetails) {
 				return new RuleBuilder()
+					.allow().patch().allRequests().andThen()
 					.allow("Rule 1").write().instance("Patient/900").andThen()
 					.build();
 			}
@@ -1788,13 +1789,6 @@ public class AuthorizationInterceptorDstu2Test {
 		assertEquals(204, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 		assertTrue(ourHitMethod);
 
-		ourHitMethod = false;
-		httpPost = new HttpPatch("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/999");
-		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(input, ContentType.parse("application/json-patch+json")));
-		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
-		response = extractResponseAndClose(status);
-		assertEquals(403, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		assertFalse(ourHitMethod);
 	}
 
 	@Test