diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/protobuf/ProtobufHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/protobuf/ProtobufHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 5ba09529ea75..56711fc80811 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/protobuf/ProtobufHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/protobuf/ProtobufHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void canRead() {
 	void canWrite() {
 		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(Msg.class, null)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(Msg.class, ProtobufHttpMessageConverter.PROTOBUF)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(this.converter.canRead(Msg.class, this.testPlusProtoMediaType)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(Msg.class, this.testPlusProtoMediaType)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(Msg.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(this.converter.canWrite(Msg.class, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)).isTrue();
 	}