diff --git a/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp b/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
index 788d1ffd2ba2b7da646820d119a90a27db4272cd..11c630479b64db841f1f270da6a72391e83205b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ TEST_CASE("EigenvalueSolver", "[algebra]")
           }
         }
 #else    //  PUGS_HAS_SLEPC
-        REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH(EigenvalueSolver{}.computeExpForSymmetricMatrix(A, expP),
+        REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH(EigenvalueSolver{}.computeExpForSymmetricMatrix(A, expA),
                             "not implemented yet: SLEPc is required to solve eigenvalue problems");
 #endif   // PUGS_HAS_SLEPC
       }