diff --git a/deeplearning4j-core/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/layers/recurrent/GravesBidirectionalLSTMTest.java b/deeplearning4j-core/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/layers/recurrent/GravesBidirectionalLSTMTest.java
index b95c13d9fb53..b928b95dc8dc 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j-core/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/layers/recurrent/GravesBidirectionalLSTMTest.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j-core/src/test/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/layers/recurrent/GravesBidirectionalLSTMTest.java
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public void testSimpleForwardsAndBackwardsActivation() {
         final INDArray activation3Reverse = activation3.dup();
 		reverseColumnsInPlace(activation3Reverse);
 
-        assertArrayEquals(activation3Reverse.data().asFloat(),activation1.data().asFloat(),1e-5f);
+		assertEquals(activation3Reverse,activation1);
         assertArrayEquals(activation3Reverse.shape(),activation1.shape());
 
 		//test backprop now