1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/tracepoint/event_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/tracepoint/event_spec.rb
index 019d0c3253..58017dc98d 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/tracepoint/event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/tracepoint/event_spec.rb
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ describe 'TracePoint#event' do
   it 'returns the type of event' do
     event_name = nil
     TracePoint.new(:end, :call) do |tp|
+      next unless TracePointSpec.target_thread?
       event_name = tp.event
     end.enable do
       TracePointSpec.test
-      event_name.should equal(:call)
+      event_name.should.equal?(:call)
 
       TracePointSpec::B.new.foo
-      event_name.should equal(:call)
+      event_name.should.equal?(:call)
 
       class TracePointSpec::B; end
-      event_name.should equal(:end)
+      event_name.should.equal?(:end)
     end
 
   end