diff --git a/tests/net/webrequest.cpp b/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
index cc5830b802..6e12f57036 100644
--- a/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
+++ b/tests/net/webrequest.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(RequestFixture,
     // for this one because it doesn't return anything in the body when
     // returning an error status code, so use another one.
     CreateAbs("https://httpstat.us/418");
-    Run(wxWebRequest::State_Failed);
+    Run(wxWebRequest::State_Failed, 0);
 
     // For some reason, this test doesn't work with libcurl included in Ubuntu
     // 14.04, so skip it.
@@ -214,9 +214,8 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(RequestFixture,
     else
     {
         CHECK( status == 418 );
+        CHECK( request.GetResponse().AsString() == "418 I'm a teapot" );
     }
-
-    CHECK( request.GetResponse().AsString() == "418 I'm a teapot" );
 }
 
 TEST_CASE_METHOD(RequestFixture,