diff --git a/src/components/autocomplete/autocomplete.spec.js b/src/components/autocomplete/autocomplete.spec.js
index 928d4d615bd..8e01b578b30 100644
--- a/src/components/autocomplete/autocomplete.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/autocomplete/autocomplete.spec.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe('<md-autocomplete>', function() {
               md-selected-item="selectedItem"\
               md-search-text="searchText"\
               md-items="item in match(searchText)"\
-              md-selected-item-change="itemChanged(item)"\
+              md-selected-item-change="itemChanged(selectedItem)"\
               md-item-text="item.display"\
               placeholder="placeholder">\
             <span md-highlight-text="searchText">{{item.display}}</span>\
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ describe('<md-autocomplete>', function() {
 
       expect(registeredWatcher.calls.count()).toBe(1);
       expect(scope.itemChanged.calls.count()).toBe(2);
-      expect(scope.itemChanged.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(scope.selectedItem).toBe(null);
+      expect(scope.itemChanged.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBeNull();
+      expect(scope.selectedItem).toBeNull();
     }));
   });