diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
index c7156044efa..786f31e07f6 100755
--- a/hack/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -747,10 +747,10 @@ __EOF__
   #####################
 
   kube::log::status "Testing resource aliasing"
-  kubectl create -f examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
   kubectl create -f examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl scale rc cassandra --replicas=1 "${kube_flags[@]}"
   kubectl create -f examples/cassandra/cassandra-service.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
-  kube::test::get_object_assert "all -l'name=cassandra'" "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'cassandra:cassandra:cassandra:'
+  kube::test::get_object_assert "all -l'name=cassandra'" "{{range.items}}{{range .metadata.labels}}{{.}}:{{end}}{{end}}" 'cassandra:cassandra:cassandra:'
   kubectl delete all -l name=cassandra "${kube_flags[@]}"