diff --git a/test/test_spaces/test_lm_space.py b/test/test_spaces/test_lm_space.py
index 62c647450379278bf9dd246ae16c2aa1a5cbe962..b058a357f5e7724f89b0a9b2414319751ce25c10 100644
--- a/test/test_spaces/test_lm_space.py
+++ b/test/test_spaces/test_lm_space.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class LMSpaceFunctionalityTests(unittest.TestCase):
             real)
         assert_almost_equal(
             l.hermitian_decomposition(distributed_data_object(x))[1],
-            imag/1j)
+            imag*1j)
 
     @expand(get_weight_configs())
     def test_weight(self, x, power, axes, inplace, expected):