diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/migrator_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/migrator_test.rb
index aadbc375af..2e4b454a86 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/migrator_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/migrator_test.rb
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class MigratorTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def test_migrator_verbosity
     _, migrations = sensors(3)
 
+    ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = true
     ActiveRecord::Migrator.new(:up, migrations, 1).migrate
     assert_not_equal 0, ActiveRecord::Migration.message_count
 
@@ -311,7 +312,6 @@ class MigratorTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def test_migrator_verbosity_off
     _, migrations = sensors(3)
 
-    ActiveRecord::Migration.message_count = 0
     ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
     ActiveRecord::Migrator.new(:up, migrations, 1).migrate
     assert_equal 0, ActiveRecord::Migration.message_count