diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 22315d1c7d2..bd9b2cd358c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8262,19 +8262,15 @@ class TestTokenizerCompileLimits : public TestFixture
     }
 
     void test() {
-        const char raw_code[] = "#define PTR1 (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (*\n"
-                                "#define PTR2 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1\n"
-                                "#define PTR3 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2\n"
-                                "#define PTR4 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3\n"
-                                "#define PTR5 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4 PTR4\n"
-                                "#define PTR6 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5 PTR5\n"
+        const char raw_code[] = "#define PTR1 (* (* (* (*\n"
+                                "#define PTR2 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1 PTR1\n"
+                                "#define PTR3 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2 PTR2\n"
+                                "#define PTR4 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3 PTR3\n"
                                 "\n"
-                                "#define RBR1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )\n"
-                                "#define RBR2 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1\n"
-                                "#define RBR3 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2\n"
-                                "#define RBR4 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3\n"
-                                "#define RBR5 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4\n"
-                                "#define RBR6 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5\n"
+                                "#define RBR1 ) ) ) )\n"
+                                "#define RBR2 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1\n"
+                                "#define RBR3 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2\n"
+                                "#define RBR4 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3\n"
                                 "\n"
                                 "int PTR4 q4_var RBR4 = 0;\n";
 
@@ -8287,7 +8283,7 @@ class TestTokenizerCompileLimits : public TestFixture
         const Settings settings;
         const std::string code = PreprocessorHelper::getcode(settings, *this, filedata, emptyString, emptyString);
 
-        ASSERT_THROW_INTERNAL(tokenizeAndStringify(code), AST);
+        ASSERT_THROW_INTERNAL_EQUALS(tokenizeAndStringify(code), AST, "maximum AST depth exceeded");
     }
 };