diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexing/interval/test_interval_new.py b/pandas/tests/indexing/interval/test_interval_new.py
index 1aa62326e9071..283921a23e368 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexing/interval/test_interval_new.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexing/interval/test_interval_new.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_loc_with_overlap(self, indexer_sl):
         # interval
         expected = 0
         result = indexer_sl(ser)[Interval(1, 5)]
-        result == expected
+        assert expected == result
 
         expected = ser
         result = indexer_sl(ser)[[Interval(1, 5), Interval(3, 7)]]