diff --git a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
index 3f047c747..3ecea8aa2 100644
--- a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class RepositoryMercurialTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_equal 'dir', entry.kind
     end
 
-    def test_entry_short_id
+    def assert_entry
       ["README", "/README"].each do |path|
         ["0", "0885933ad4f6", "0885933ad4f68d77c2649cd11f8311276e7ef7ce"].each do |rev|
           entry = @repository.entry(path, rev)
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ class RepositoryMercurialTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         end
       end
     end
+    private :assert_entry
+
+    def test_entry_short_id
+      assert_entry
+    end
 
     def test_fetch_changesets_from_scratch
       assert_equal 0, @repository.changesets.count