diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index 48db531c1..0fbae19e8 100644
--- a/test/basicstuff.cpp
+++ b/test/basicstuff.cpp
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void basicStuff(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(               v1,    v1);
   VERIFY_IS_NOT_APPROX(           v1,    2*v1);
   VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(    vzero, v1);
-  if(!NumTraits<Scalar>::IsInteger)
-    VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(  vzero, v1.norm());
+  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(  vzero, v1.squaredNorm());
   VERIFY_IS_NOT_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(v1,    v1);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(               vzero, v1-v1);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(               m1,    m1);