diff --git a/test/emqx_message_SUITE.erl b/test/emqx_message_SUITE.erl
index 9bf862af3..0975585cc 100644
--- a/test/emqx_message_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/emqx_message_SUITE.erl
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ all() ->
     ].
 
 message_make(_) ->
-    Msg = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, <<"topic">>, <<"payload">>),
+    Msg = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, <<"payload">>),
     ?assertEqual(0, Msg#message.qos),
-    Msg1 = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, ?QOS_2, <<"topic">>, <<"payload">>),
-    ?assert(is_binary(Msg1#message.id)),
-    ?assertEqual(2, Msg1#message.qos).
+    Msg1 = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, <<"topic">>, <<"payload">>),
+    ?assertEqual(0, Msg1#message.qos),
+    Msg2 = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, ?QOS_2, <<"topic">>, <<"payload">>),
+    ?assert(is_binary(Msg2#message.id)),
+    ?assertEqual(2, Msg2#message.qos).
 
 message_flag(_) ->
     Msg = emqx_message:make(<<"clientid">>, <<"topic">>, <<"payload">>),