diff --git a/generator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/message/MessageGeneratorTest.java b/generator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/message/MessageGeneratorTest.java
index 7fa736ee9a422..39c490a727ce1 100644
--- a/generator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/message/MessageGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/generator/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/message/MessageGeneratorTest.java
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public void stripSuffixTest() {
 
     @Test
     public void testConstants() {
-        assertEquals(MessageGenerator.UNSIGNED_SHORT_MAX, 0xFFFF);
-        assertEquals(MessageGenerator.UNSIGNED_INT_MAX, 0xFFFFFFFFL);
+        assertEquals(0xFFFF, MessageGenerator.UNSIGNED_SHORT_MAX);
+        assertEquals(0xFFFFFFFFL, MessageGenerator.UNSIGNED_INT_MAX);
     }
 
     @Test