diff --git a/test/bats/test.bats b/test/bats/test.bats
index 9fbc797ef..0118210ff 100755
--- a/test/bats/test.bats
+++ b/test/bats/test.bats
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ setup() {
         local name=$(yq e .metadata.name "$sample"/constraint.yaml)
         wait_for_process ${WAIT_TIME} ${SLEEP_TIME} "constraint_enforced $kind $name"
 
-        if [ vapb_exists == true ]; then
+        if [ $vapb_exists ]; then
           wait_for_process ${WAIT_TIME} ${SLEEP_TIME} "kubectl get ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding gatekeeper-$name"
           deny_substr="ValidatingAdmissionPolicy"
         fi