1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/tests/test_octetstring.cpp b/src/tests/test_octetstring.cpp
index 1010b5464..b9692559e 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_octetstring.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/test_octetstring.cpp
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ Test::Result test_equality()
    {
    Test::Result result("OctetString");
 
-   Botan::OctetString os1("0000000000000000");
-   Botan::OctetString os2("FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF");
+   const Botan::OctetString os1("0000000000000000");
+   const Botan::OctetString os1_copy = os1;
+   const Botan::OctetString os2("FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF");
+   const Botan::OctetString os2_copy = os2;
 
-   result.confirm("OctetString equality operations works as expected", os1 == os1);
-   result.confirm("OctetString equality operations works as expected", os2 == os2);
+   result.confirm("OctetString equality operations works as expected", os1 == os1_copy);
+   result.confirm("OctetString equality operations works as expected", os2 == os2_copy);
    result.confirm("OctetString equality operations works as expected", os1 != os2);
 
    return result;