diff --git a/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb b/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
index 52e69282772..10612cb00b3 100644
--- a/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def expect_the_message_to_be(expected_messages, code, node = Puppet::Node.new('t
     catalog = compile_to_catalog(code, node)
     messages = catalog.resources.find_all { |resource| resource.type == 'Notify' }.
                                  collect { |notify| notify[:message] }
-    expect(messages).to include(*expected_messages)
+    expected_messages.each { |message| expect(messages).to include(message) }
   end
 
   def warnings