diff --git a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
index 99355fe751..0b09e6ffef 100644
--- a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
@@ -176,9 +176,6 @@ void StdStringTestCase::StdAssign()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( s5 == _T("aaa") );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( s6 == _T("ef") );
 
-    s1.assign(s1, 1, 1);
-    WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL("e", s1);
-
     const char *pc = s1.c_str();
     s7.assign(pc, pc + 2);
     WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL( "de", s7 );
@@ -186,6 +183,9 @@ void StdStringTestCase::StdAssign()
     const wchar_t *pw = s1.c_str();
     s8.assign(pw + 2, pw + 3);
     WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL( "f", s8 );
+
+    s1.assign(s1, 1, 1);
+    WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL("e", s1);
 }
 
 void StdStringTestCase::StdCompare()