diff --git a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb_test.go b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb_test.go
index 58530ca191c..8c35486225b 100644
--- a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb_test.go
+++ b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb_test.go
@@ -718,15 +718,20 @@ func TestHandleChaincodeDeployErroneousIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
 	batch.Put("ns1", "key1", []byte(`{"asset_name": "marble1","color": "blue","size": 1,"owner": "tom"}`), version.NewHeight(1, 1))
 	batch.Put("ns1", "key2", []byte(`{"asset_name": "marble2","color": "blue","size": 2,"owner": "jerry"}`), version.NewHeight(1, 2))
 
-	badSyntaxFileContent := `{"index":{"fields": This is a bad json}`
+	indexCapable, ok := db.(statedb.IndexCapable)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Couchdb state impl is expected to implement interface `statedb.IndexCapable`")
+	}
+
 	indexData := map[string][]byte{
 		"META-INF/statedb/couchdb/indexes/indexSizeSortName.json": []byte(`{"index":{"fields":[{"size":"desc"}]},"ddoc":"indexSizeSortName","name":"indexSizeSortName","type":"json"}`),
-		"META-INF/statedb/couchdb/indexes/badSyntax.json":         []byte(badSyntaxFileContent),
 	}
 
-	indexCapable, ok := db.(statedb.IndexCapable)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("Couchdb state impl is expected to implement interface `statedb.IndexCapable`")
+	assert.NoError(t, indexCapable.ProcessIndexesForChaincodeDeploy("ns1", indexData))
+
+	badSyntaxFileContent := `{"index":{"fields": This is a bad json}`
+	indexData = map[string][]byte{
+		"META-INF/statedb/couchdb/indexes/badSyntax.json": []byte(badSyntaxFileContent),
 	}
 	assert.Error(t, indexCapable.ProcessIndexesForChaincodeDeploy("ns1", indexData))