diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/symmetric.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/symmetric.jl
index 414b4ad5dd7227..89e9ca0d6a51d6 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/symmetric.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/symmetric.jl
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ end
 
         @testset "linalg unary ops" begin
             @testset "tr" begin
-                @test tr(asym) == tr(Symmetric(asym))
-                @test tr(aherm) == tr(Hermitian(aherm))
+                @test tr(asym) ≈ tr(Symmetric(asym))
+                @test tr(aherm) ≈ tr(Hermitian(aherm))
             end
 
             @testset "isposdef[!]" begin