diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/continuous/ContinuousSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/continuous/ContinuousSuite.scala
index af88d9591b56a..4b4ed82dc6520 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/continuous/ContinuousSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/continuous/ContinuousSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.continuous
 
 import java.util.UUID
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, SparkEnv}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, SparkEnv, SparkException}
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerJobStart, SparkListenerTaskStart}
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.{DataSourceV2ScanExec, WriteToDataSourceV2Exec}
@@ -221,20 +221,15 @@ class ContinuousSuite extends ContinuousSuiteBase {
       testStream(df, useV2Sink = true)(
         StartStream(Trigger.Continuous(100)),
         Execute(waitForRateSourceTriggers(_, 2)),
-        Execute { query =>
+        Execute { _ =>
           // Wait until a task is started, then kill its first attempt.
           eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
             assert(taskId != -1)
           }
           spark.sparkContext.killTaskAttempt(taskId)
-          eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
-            assert(query.exception.isDefined)
-          }
-          assert(
-            query.exception.get.getCause != null &&
-              query.exception.get.getCause.getCause != null &&
-              query.exception.get.getCause.getCause.getCause
-                .isInstanceOf[ContinuousTaskRetryException])
+        },
+        ExpectFailure[SparkException] { e =>
+          e.getCause != null && e.getCause.getCause.isInstanceOf[ContinuousTaskRetryException]
         })
     } finally {
       spark.sparkContext.removeSparkListener(listener)