diff --git a/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
index cc3e124e..7dffa70a 100644
--- a/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
+++ b/pkg/p2p/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestProtobufEncodingDecoding(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		if !bytes.Equal(testBytes, resBytes) {
-			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", test, res)
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", testBytes, resBytes)
 		}
 	})
 }