diff --git a/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/test/LoadEmptyInstrumentTest.h b/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/test/LoadEmptyInstrumentTest.h
index f728bdbee38e43bfb4d06e3a04d95bf21b75da67..ff848fd9e26c7d2409051b144d086e8078aa3a8b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/test/LoadEmptyInstrumentTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/DataHandling/test/LoadEmptyInstrumentTest.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public:
 
     param = paramMap.getRecursive(&(*det), "toplevel2", "fitting");
     const FitParameter& fitParam2 = param->value<FitParameter>();
-    TS_ASSERT_DELTA( fitParam2.getValue(0), 1.0, 0.0001);
+    TS_ASSERT_DELTA( fitParam2.getValue(0), -48.5, 0.0001);
     TS_ASSERT_DELTA( fitParam2.getValue(5), 1120.0, 0.0001);
     TS_ASSERT( fitParam2.getTie().compare("") == 0 );
     TS_ASSERT( fitParam2.getFunction().compare("somefunction") == 0 );