diff --git a/contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/ByReferencePlatformToStringTest.java b/contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/ByReferencePlatformToStringTest.java
index 5c43ebb027..f1497180f9 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/ByReferencePlatformToStringTest.java
+++ b/contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/ByReferencePlatformToStringTest.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void testPlatformToStrings() {
         parseAndTest(vboolbr2.toString(), "VARIANT_BOOL", "1");
 
         VARTYPEByReference varbr = new VARTYPEByReference(new VARTYPE(42));
-        parseAndTest(varbr.toString(), "VARTYPE", "0");
+        parseAndTest(varbr.toString(), "VARTYPE", "42");
 
         WORDByReference wbr = new WORDByReference(new WORD(42));
         parseAndTest(wbr.toString(), "WORD", "42");