diff --git a/api_core/tests/unit/test_page_iterator.py b/api_core/tests/unit/test_page_iterator.py
index f2845fb3a61e..6335001bcf41 100644
--- a/api_core/tests/unit/test_page_iterator.py
+++ b/api_core/tests/unit/test_page_iterator.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def test_iterate_with_max_results(self):
 
         method.assert_called_with(request)
         assert method.call_count == 2
-        assert request.page_token is "1"
+        assert request.page_token == "1"
 
 
 class GAXPageIterator(object):