diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_windows.py b/psutil/tests/test_windows.py
index 17d50096c..097806361 100644
--- a/psutil/tests/test_windows.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_windows.py
@@ -163,13 +163,10 @@ def test_free_phymem(self):
             delta=TOLERANCE_SYS_MEM)
             
     def test_total_swapmem(self):
-        if (psutil.swap_memory().total > 0):
-            w = wmi.WMI().Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory()[0]
-            self.assertEqual(int(w.CommitLimit)
-                                - psutil.virtual_memory().total,
-                            psutil.swap_memory().total)
-        else:
-            self.assertEqual(0, psutil.swap_memory().total)
+        w = wmi.WMI().Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(int(w.CommitLimit) - psutil.virtual_memory().total,
+                         psutil.swap_memory().total)
+        if (psutil.swap_memory().total == 0):
             self.assertEqual(0, psutil.swap_memory().free)
             self.assertEqual(0, psutil.swap_memory().used)