diff --git a/unittests/test_tool.py b/unittests/test_tool.py
index a08251512bd85107eae98c3a87aecd1e039b661a..67ecc240c7ddf73b41c9b7e247f74d54b5fbae15 100755
--- a/unittests/test_tool.py
+++ b/unittests/test_tool.py
@@ -520,10 +520,10 @@ def test_all_references_are_existing_already(crawler):
                                                        .add_property('b', db.Record(id=123)))
     # entity to be referenced in the following
     a = db.Record(name="C").add_parent("C").add_property("d", 12311)
-    # one ref with id one with Entity without id (but not identifying) -> check
-    assert crawler.all_references_are_existing_already(db.Record(name="C").add_parent("C")
-                                                       .add_property('d', 123)
-                                                       .add_property('e', a))
+    # one ref with id one with Entity without id (but not identifying) -> fail
+    assert not crawler.all_references_are_existing_already(db.Record(name="C").add_parent("C")
+                                                           .add_property('d', 123)
+                                                           .add_property('e', a))
 
     # one ref with id one with Entity without id (mixed) -> fail
     assert not crawler.all_references_are_existing_already(db.Record(name="D").add_parent("D")