diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/test/SimpleTest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/test/SimpleTest.java
index a0afea3fef..53fc71bf17 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/test/SimpleTest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/test/SimpleTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ protected void isTrue(
         }
     }
 
-    protected void isTrue(
+    public void isTrue(
         String message,
         boolean value)
     {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/crypto/test/CipherTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/crypto/test/CipherTest.java
index 63126f4f18..3bd7eb08b8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/crypto/test/CipherTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/crypto/test/CipherTest.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.BlockCipher;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.BufferedBlockCipher;
-import org.bouncycastle.crypto.DefaultBufferedBlockCipher;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.CipherKeyGenerator;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.DataLengthException;
+import org.bouncycastle.crypto.DefaultBufferedBlockCipher;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.InvalidCipherTextException;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.KeyGenerationParameters;
 import org.bouncycastle.crypto.modes.AEADCipher;
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void checkAEADParemeter(SimpleTest test, int keySize, int ivSize, final i
         byte[] ciphertext2 = new byte[cipher.getOutputSize(plaintext.length)];
         len = cipher.processBytes(plaintext, 0, plaintext.length, ciphertext2, 0);
         len += cipher.doFinal(ciphertext2, len);
-        test.isTrue(test.areEqual(ciphertext1, ciphertext2));
+        test.isTrue("cipher text check", Arrays.areEqual(ciphertext1, ciphertext2));
 
         test.testException("Invalid value for MAC size: ", "IllegalArgumentException", new TestExceptionOperation()
         {