diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
index 83795799a24..8da70afc6f3 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
@@ -2099,15 +2099,16 @@ void testStringConcatWithNulls() {
       assertColumnsAreEqual(concat, e_concat);
     }
 
-    try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromStrings("a", "B", "cd", "\u0480\u0481", "E\tf",
-        "g\nH", "IJ\"\u0100\u0101\u0500\u0501",
-        "kl m", "Nop1", "\\qRs2", null,
-        "3tuV\'", "wX4Yz", "\ud720\ud721");
-         Scalar emptyString = Scalar.fromString("");
-         Scalar nullSubstitute = Scalar.fromString("NULL");
-         ColumnVector concat = ColumnVector.stringConcatenate(emptyString, nullSubstitute, new ColumnView[]{v})) {
-      assertColumnsAreEqual(v, concat);
-    }
+    assertThrows(CudfException.class, () -> {
+      try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromStrings("a", "B", "cd", "\u0480\u0481", "E\tf",
+          "g\nH", "IJ\"\u0100\u0101\u0500\u0501",
+          "kl m", "Nop1", "\\qRs2", null,
+          "3tuV\'", "wX4Yz", "\ud720\ud721");
+           Scalar emptyString = Scalar.fromString("");
+           Scalar nullSubstitute = Scalar.fromString("NULL");
+           ColumnVector concat = ColumnVector.stringConcatenate(emptyString, nullSubstitute, new ColumnView[]{v})) {
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   @Test