diff --git a/ethereum/rlp/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/rlp/RLPTest.java b/ethereum/rlp/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/rlp/RLPTest.java
index 98fa34721f6..4913ae6de5d 100644
--- a/ethereum/rlp/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/rlp/RLPTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/rlp/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/rlp/RLPTest.java
@@ -169,10 +169,15 @@ public void calculateSize_overflowMaxRLPStringLength() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testValidateWithEmptyListIncluded() {
+  public void testValidateWithListEndingAtStartOfList() {
+    // The structue of the RLP is as shown below
+    //[
+    //  ["0x01"],
+    //  ["0x02"]
+    //]
     Bytes validRlp =
         Bytes.fromHexString(
-            "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");
+            "c4c101c102");
     RLP.validate(validRlp);
   }