diff --git a/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/compilerToVM/GetStackTraceElementTest.java b/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/compilerToVM/GetStackTraceElementTest.java
index 821616b1b8c..9888931402a 100644
--- a/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/compilerToVM/GetStackTraceElementTest.java
+++ b/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/compilerToVM/GetStackTraceElementTest.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class GetStackTraceElementTest {
                         + " : unexpected line number");
             } else {
                 // native and abstract function
-                Asserts.assertLT(0, ste.getLineNumber(),
+                Asserts.assertGT(0, ste.getLineNumber(),
                         aMethod + " : unexpected line number for abstract "
                                 + "or native method");
             }