diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/StashApplyCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/StashApplyCommandTest.java
index 95b14192c..ce235a722 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/StashApplyCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/StashApplyCommandTest.java
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public class StashApplyCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		} catch (JGitInternalException e) {
 			assertEquals(MessageFormat.format(
 					JGitText.get().stashCommitIncorrectNumberOfParents,
-					head.name(), 0),
+					head.name(), "0"),
 					e.getMessage());
 		}
 	}