1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/jstests/auth/speculative-auth-replset.js b/jstests/auth/speculative-auth-replset.js
index 9f36444a020..3bd960780d6 100644
--- a/jstests/auth/speculative-auth-replset.js
+++ b/jstests/auth/speculative-auth-replset.js
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ function countAuthInLog(conn) {
             }
         } else if (entry.id === kAuthenticationFailedLogId) {
             // Authentication can fail legitimately because the secondary abandons the connection
-            // during shutdown.
-            assert.eq(entry.attr.error.code, ErrorCodes.AuthenticationAbandoned);
+            // during shutdown - if we do encounter an authentication failure in the log, make sure
+            // that it is only of this type, fail anything else
+            assert.eq(entry.attr.result, ErrorCodes.AuthenticationAbandoned);
         } else {
             // Irrelevant.
             return;