diff --git a/test/workers/generic_worker_test.rb b/test/workers/generic_worker_test.rb
index 3ea8b0f38..f5972ec9d 100644
--- a/test/workers/generic_worker_test.rb
+++ b/test/workers/generic_worker_test.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def teardown
   test "should run a job, without raising an error, for a method that takes a hash as a parameter" do
     Sidekiq::Testing.inline!
 
-    assert_nothing_raised do
+    assert_difference "Team.where(name: 'BackgroundTeam', slug: 'background-team').count" do
       GenericWorker.perform_async('Team', 'create!', name: 'BackgroundTeam', slug: 'background-team')
     end
   end