diff --git a/tests/test_ctx_options.cpp b/tests/test_ctx_options.cpp
index 0c104de7..ecdeb3ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_ctx_options.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ctx_options.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ int main (void)
     assert (zmq_ctx_get (ctx, ZMQ_SOCKET_LIMIT) == ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS_DFLT);
 #elif    defined(ZMQ_USE_POLL) || defined(ZMQ_USE_EPOLL)     \
       || defined(ZMQ_USE_DEVPOLL) || defined(ZMQ_USE_KQUEUE)
-    assert (zmq_ctx_get (ctx, ZMQ_SOCKET_LIMIT)
-                              == std::numeric_limits<int>::max());
+    assert (zmq_ctx_get (ctx, ZMQ_SOCKET_LIMIT) == 65535);
 #endif
     assert (zmq_ctx_get (ctx, ZMQ_IO_THREADS) == ZMQ_IO_THREADS_DFLT);
     assert (zmq_ctx_get (ctx, ZMQ_IPV6) == 0);