diff --git a/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs b/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
index 0f2327f96..7d82a470c 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/spec/spec.rs
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ mod tests {
 		let db = spec.ensure_db_good(get_temp_state_db(), &Default::default()).unwrap();
 		let state = State::from_existing(db.boxed_clone(), spec.state_root(), spec.engine.account_start_nonce(0), Default::default()).unwrap();
 		let expected = H256::from_str("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001").unwrap();
-		assert_eq!(state.storage_at(&Address::from_str("0000000000000000000000000000000000000005").unwrap(), &H256::zero()).unwrap(), expected);
+		let address = Address::from_str("0000000000000000000000000000000000000005").unwrap();
+
+		assert_eq!(state.storage_at(&address, &H256::zero()).unwrap(), expected);
+		assert_eq!(state.balance(&address).unwrap(), 1.into());
 	}
 }