diff --git a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb.py b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb.py
index e00a45e1d..2b4c0969c 100644
--- a/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb.py
+++ b/tests/test_dynamodb2/test_dynamodb.py
@@ -4168,6 +4168,5 @@ def test_dynamodb_max_1mb_limit():
         KeyConditionExpression=Key("partition_key").eq("partition_key_val")
     )
     # We shouldn't get everything back - the total result set is well over 1MB
-    assert response["Count"] < len(items)
+     len(items).should.be.greater_than(response["Count"])
     response["LastEvaluatedKey"].shouldnt.be(None)
-