diff --git a/testing/test_conftest.py b/testing/test_conftest.py
index 931d4d2ac..2342cb318 100644
--- a/testing/test_conftest.py
+++ b/testing/test_conftest.py
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ class TestConftestValueAccessGlobal(object):
 
     def test_immediate_initialiation_and_incremental_are_the_same(self, basedir):
         conftest = PytestPluginManager()
-        len(conftest._dirpath2confmods)
+        assert not len(conftest._dirpath2confmods)
         conftest._getconftestmodules(basedir)
         snap1 = len(conftest._dirpath2confmods)
-        # assert len(conftest._dirpath2confmods) == snap1 + 1
+        assert snap1 == 1
         conftest._getconftestmodules(basedir.join("adir"))
         assert len(conftest._dirpath2confmods) == snap1 + 1
         conftest._getconftestmodules(basedir.join("b"))