diff --git a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
index b796423f..b8ca5213 100644
--- a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
@@ -5993,9 +5993,8 @@ def to_str
   end
 
   it "should not fail with UTF-8 incompatible string" do
-    expect(Addressable::URI.unencode_component(
-             "/M%E9thode/non/authoris\xE9e?param=\xFC".b
-           )).to eq("/M\xE9thode/non/authoris\xE9e?param=\xFC")
+    url = "/M%E9/\xE9?p=\xFC".b
+    expect(Addressable::URI.unencode_component(url)).to eq("/M\xE9/\xE9?p=\xFC")
   end
 
   it "should result in correct percent encoded sequence as a URI" do