1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
index 6af9fba043..067254b55b 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 class TimevalTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
   public function testCompareSame() {
     $zero = Grpc\Timeval::zero();
-    $this->assertEquals(0, Grpc\Timeval::compare($zero, $zero));
+    $this->assertSame(0, Grpc\Timeval::compare($zero, $zero));
   }
 
   public function testPastIsLessThanZero() {