diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkThriftServerProtocolVersionsSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkThriftServerProtocolVersionsSuite.scala
index f198372a4c99..a150c3311085 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkThriftServerProtocolVersionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkThriftServerProtocolVersionsSuite.scala
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ class SparkThriftServerProtocolVersionsSuite extends HiveThriftJdbcTest {
       }
       testExecuteStatementWithProtocolVersion(version, "SELECT cast(49960 as binary)") { rs =>
         assert(rs.next())
-        assert(rs.getString(1) === UTF8String.fromBytes(NumberConverter.toBinary(49960)).toString)
+        assertResult(Array(0, 0, 65533, 40).map(_.toChar)) {
+          rs.getString(1).toCharArray
+        }
       }
       testExecuteStatementWithProtocolVersion(version, "SELECT cast(null as binary)") { rs =>
         assert(rs.next())