diff --git a/src/common/caps.py b/src/common/caps.py
index b3fe72e9c..348eb6813 100644
--- a/src/common/caps.py
+++ b/src/common/caps.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class NullClientCaps(AbstractClientCaps):
 	def _lookup_in_cache(self, caps_cache):
 		# lookup something which does not exist to get a new CacheItem created
 		cache_item = caps_cache[('dummy', '')]
-		assert cache_item.queried == 0
+		assert cache_item.queried != 2
 		return cache_item
 	
 	def _discover(self, connection, jid):