diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/card/card-harness/card-harness-example.spec.ts b/src/components-examples/material/card/card-harness/card-harness-example.spec.ts
index 52dedc84ea6b..a10d32c1b1e9 100644
--- a/src/components-examples/material/card/card-harness/card-harness-example.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/card/card-harness/card-harness-example.spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('CardHarnessExample', () => {
 
   it('should act as a harness loader for user content', async () => {
     const card = await loader.getHarness(MatCardHarness.with({title: 'Shiba Inu'}));
-    const footerSubcomponents = (await card.getAllHarnesses(MatButtonHarness)) ?? [];
+    const footerSubcomponents = await card.getAllHarnesses(MatButtonHarness);
     expect(footerSubcomponents.length).toBe(2);
   });
 });