diff --git a/tests/kernel/msgq/msgq_api/src/test_msgq_purge.c b/tests/kernel/msgq/msgq_api/src/test_msgq_purge.c
index 38eaef42032..3958f37463b 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/msgq/msgq_api/src/test_msgq_purge.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/msgq/msgq_api/src/test_msgq_purge.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void test_msgq_purge_when_put(void)
 	/*fill the queue to full*/
 	for (int i = 0; i < MSGQ_LEN; i++) {
 		ret = k_msgq_put(&msgq, (void *)&data[i], K_NO_WAIT);
+		assert_equal(ret, 0, NULL);
 	}
 	/*create another thread waiting to put msg*/
 	k_tid_t tid = k_thread_spawn(tstack, STACK_SIZE,
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ void test_msgq_purge_when_put(void)
 	/*verify msg put after purge*/
 	for (int i = 0; i < MSGQ_LEN; i++) {
 		ret = k_msgq_put(&msgq, (void *)&data[i], K_NO_WAIT);
-		assert_false(ret, NULL);
+		assert_equal(ret, 0, NULL);
 	}
 }