diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
index f96069c81b8..e8297f0fa8f 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestThrottleViaApplySchema(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, keyspace.Keyspace.ThrottlerConfig.ThrottledApps)
 		// ThrottledApps will actually be empty at this point, but more specifically we want to see that "online-ddl" is not there.
 		appRule, ok := keyspace.Keyspace.ThrottlerConfig.ThrottledApps[throttlerapp.OnlineDDLName.String()]
-		assert.True(t, ok, "app rule: %v", appRule)
+		assert.False(t, ok, "app rule: %v", appRule)
 	})
 }