diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/retries/early-pass.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/retries/early-pass.fixture.js
index ddad40399e..87ef703a7a 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures/retries/early-pass.fixture.js
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/retries/early-pass.fixture.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
+const assert = require('assert');
 
 describe('retries', function () {
   this.retries(1);
   var times = 0;
+  var self = this;
 
   it('should pass after 1 retry', function () {
     times++;
@@ -10,4 +12,10 @@ describe('retries', function () {
       throw new Error('retry error ' + times);
     }
   });
+  
+  it('check for updated `suite.tests`', function() {
+    assert.equal(self.tests[0]._currentRetry, 1);
+    assert.ok(self.tests[0]._retriedTest);
+    assert.equal(self.tests[0].state, 'passed');
+  })
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/retries.spec.js b/test/integration/retries.spec.js
index 3225dafbc4..e076595d7d 100644
--- a/test/integration/retries.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/retries.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
+var runJSON = helpers.runMochaJSON;
 var args = [];
 var bang = require('../../lib/reporters/base').symbols.bang;
 
@@ -59,25 +60,22 @@ describe('retries', function() {
   });
 
   it('should exit early if test passes', function(done) {
-    helpers.runMochaJSON('retries/early-pass.fixture.js', args, function(
-      err,
-      res
-    ) {
+    runJSON('retries/early-pass.fixture.js', args, function(err, res) {
       if (err) {
-        done(err);
-        return;
+        return done(err);
       }
-      assert.strictEqual(res.stats.passes, 1);
-      assert.strictEqual(res.stats.failures, 0);
-      assert.strictEqual(res.tests[0].currentRetry, 1);
-      assert.strictEqual(res.stats.tests, 1);
-      assert.strictEqual(res.code, 0);
+
+      expect(res, 'to have passed')
+        .and('to have passed test count', 2)
+        .and('to have failed test count', 0)
+        .and('to have retried test', 'should pass after 1 retry', 1);
+
       done();
     });
   });
 
   it('should let test override', function(done) {
-    helpers.runMochaJSON('retries/nested.fixture.js', args, function(err, res) {
+    runJSON('retries/nested.fixture.js', args, function(err, res) {
       if (err) {
         done(err);
         return;
diff --git a/test/unit/test.spec.js b/test/unit/test.spec.js
index 6192bf9f7f..4cff662c89 100644
--- a/test/unit/test.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/test.spec.js
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ describe('Test', function() {
       expect(this._test.clone().currentRetry(), 'to be', 1);
     });
 
+    it('should add/keep the retriedTest value', function() {
+      var clone1 = this._test.clone();
+      expect(clone1.retriedTest(), 'to be', this._test);
+      expect(clone1.clone().retriedTest(), 'to be', this._test);
+    });
+
     it('should copy the globals value', function() {
       expect(this._test.clone().globals(), 'not to be empty');
     });