diff --git a/tests.c b/tests.c
index a62ad0dbbf..c29c9a00b4 100644
--- a/tests.c
+++ b/tests.c
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ void test_get_v_uint64_t()
   assert(status == UPB_STATUS_OK);
   assert(twobyte_val == 300);
 
-  uint8_t ninebyte[] = {0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x7F};
-  uint8_t *ninebyte_buf = ninebyte;
-  uint64_t ninebyte_val = 0;
-  status = get_v_uint64_t(&ninebyte_buf, &ninebyte_val);
-  assert(status == UPB_STATUS_OK);
-  assert(ninebyte_val == (1ULL<<63));
-
-  uint8_t tenbyte[] = {0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x01};
+  uint8_t tenbyte[] = {0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87, 0x88, 0x89, 0x7F};
   uint8_t *tenbyte_buf = tenbyte;
   uint64_t tenbyte_val = 0;
   status = get_v_uint64_t(&tenbyte_buf, &tenbyte_val);
+  assert(status == UPB_STATUS_OK);
+  assert(tenbyte_val == 0x89101c305080c101);
+
+  uint8_t elevenbyte[] = {0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x01};
+  uint8_t *elevenbyte_buf = elevenbyte;
+  uint64_t elevenbyte_val = 0;
+  status = get_v_uint64_t(&elevenbyte_buf, &elevenbyte_val);
   assert(status == UPB_ERROR_UNTERMINATED_VARINT);
 }