diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/214 b/tests/qemu-iotests/214
index 3500e0c47a..af677d90b8 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/214
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/214
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0xcc $offset $data_size" "json:{\
 sizeB=$($QEMU_IMG info --output=json "$TEST_IMG" |
         sed -n '/"actual-size":/ s/[^0-9]//gp')
 
-if [ $sizeA -le $sizeB ]
+if [ $sizeA -lt $sizeB ]
 then
-    echo "Compression ERROR"
+    echo "Compression ERROR ($sizeA < $sizeB)"
 fi
 
 $QEMU_IMG check --output=json "$TEST_IMG" |