diff --git a/chain/messagepool/block_proba_test.go b/chain/messagepool/block_proba_test.go
index 2cc2ecc2a..b39ea587e 100644
--- a/chain/messagepool/block_proba_test.go
+++ b/chain/messagepool/block_proba_test.go
@@ -4,5 +4,12 @@ import "testing"
 
 func TestBlockProbability(t *testing.T) {
 	mp := &MessagePool{}
-	t.Logf("%+v\n", mp.blockProbabilities(1-0.15))
+	bp := mp.blockProbabilities(1 - 0.15)
+	t.Logf("%+v\n", bp)
+	for i := 0; i < len(bp)-1; i++ {
+		if bp[i] < bp[i+1] {
+			t.Fatalf("expected decreasing block probabilities for this quality: %d %f %f",
+				i, bp[i], bp[i+1])
+		}
+	}
 }