diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
index ff8004cbdde..ead09e2fadb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ func TestCRDRouteParameterBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 						}
 						if action == "patch" {
 							expected := []string{"application/json-patch+json", "application/merge-patch+json", "application/apply-patch+yaml"}
-							assert.Equal(t, operation.Consumes, expected)
+							assert.Equal(t, expected, operation.Consumes)
 						} else {
-							assert.Equal(t, operation.Consumes, []string{"application/json", "application/yaml"})
+							assert.Equal(t, []string{"application/json", "application/yaml"}, operation.Consumes)
 						}
 					}
 				}