diff --git a/test/end_to_end/testutil.erl b/test/end_to_end/testutil.erl
index 9e7f758..e53eb4f 100644
--- a/test/end_to_end/testutil.erl
+++ b/test/end_to_end/testutil.erl
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ check_forobject(Bookie, TestObject) ->
         Vclock,
         _Hash,
         size} = leveled_codec:riak_extract_metadata(HeadBinary, size),
-    true = binary_to_term(Vclock) == TestObject#r_object.vclock.
+    true = Vclock == TestObject#r_object.vclock.
 
 check_formissingobject(Bookie, Bucket, Key) ->
     not_found = book_riakget(Bookie, Bucket, Key),