t/epoll.t | 2 +-

diff --git a/t/epoll.t b/t/epoll.t
index a1e73e07387d8cd74e1813ab06d312d7f2a1ae8c..f2a68904a5b3ceb221746c18f7c180c84805f267 100644
--- a/t/epoll.t
+++ b/t/epoll.t
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ is(scalar(@events), 1, 'got one event');
 is($events[0], fileno($w), 'got expected FD');
 close $w;
 epoll_wait($epfd, 100, 0, \@events);
-is(@events, 0, 'epoll_wait timeout');
+is(scalar(@events), 0, 'epoll_wait timeout');
 
 done_testing;