diff --git a/test/test_timers.c b/test/test_timers.c
index 33c0b09..b6cdf5f 100644
--- a/test/test_timers.c
+++ b/test/test_timers.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_simple)
     rc = uc_timers_run(&timers);
     fail_if(rc != 0);
     fail_if(tt.cnt != 0);
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 1);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 1);
 
     //10 seconds into the future, our timer should fire
     t += 5;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_simple)
     rc = uc_timers_run(&timers);
     fail_if(rc != 0);
     fail_if(tt.cnt != 1);
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 0);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 0);
     fail_if(uc_timer_running(&timer) != 0);
 
 END_TEST
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_add_from_callback)
     fail_if(tt.cnt != 2);
 
     fail_if(uc_timer_running(&timer) == 0);
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 1);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 1);
 
 END_TEST
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_remove_from_callback)
     uc_timers_add(&timers, &timer, 5, 0);
     uc_timers_add(&timers, &timer2, 10, 0);
 
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 2);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 2);
     rc = uc_timers_first(&timers, &tv);
     fail_if(rc != 0);
     fail_if(tv.tv_sec != TEST_TIMER_START + 5);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_remove_from_callback)
     //and our timer2 should be removed, and timer has fired so it
     //should be removed too
 
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 0);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 0);
     fail_if(uc_timer_running(&timer) != 0);
     fail_if(uc_timer_running(&timer2) != 0);
     rc = uc_timers_first(&timers, &tv);
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ START_TEST (test_timers_add_remove)
     fail_if(first.tv_sec != TEST_TIMER_START + 5);
     fail_if(first.tv_usec != 0);
 
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != sizeof timer/sizeof timer[0]);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), sizeof timer/sizeof timer[0]);
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof timer/sizeof timer[0]; i++) {
         uc_timers_remove(&timers, &timer[i]);
     }
 
 
-    fail_if(uc_timers_count(&timers) != 0);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(uc_timers_count(&timers), 0);
     fail_if(uc_timers_first(&timers, &first) == 0);
 
 END_TEST