diff --git a/userapi/storage/storage_test.go b/userapi/storage/storage_test.go
index ca7c1bfd2..1538a8138 100644
--- a/userapi/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/userapi/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -192,19 +192,18 @@ func Test_Devices(t *testing.T) {
 		newName := "new display name"
 		err = db.UpdateDevice(ctx, localpart, deviceWithID.ID, &newName)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, "unable to update device displayname")
+		updatedAfterTimestamp := time.Now().Unix()
 		err = db.UpdateDeviceLastSeen(ctx, localpart, deviceWithID.ID, "127.0.0.1", "Element Web")
 		assert.NoError(t, err, "unable to update device last seen")
 
 		deviceWithID.DisplayName = newName
 		deviceWithID.LastSeenIP = "127.0.0.1"
-		deviceWithID.LastSeenTS = int64(gomatrixserverlib.AsTimestamp(time.Now().Truncate(time.Second)))
 		gotDevice, err = db.GetDeviceByID(ctx, localpart, deviceWithID.ID)
 		assert.NoError(t, err, "unable to get device by id")
 		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(devices))
 		assert.Equal(t, deviceWithID.DisplayName, gotDevice.DisplayName)
 		assert.Equal(t, deviceWithID.LastSeenIP, gotDevice.LastSeenIP)
-		truncatedTime := gomatrixserverlib.Timestamp(gotDevice.LastSeenTS).Time().Truncate(time.Second)
-		assert.Equal(t, gomatrixserverlib.Timestamp(deviceWithID.LastSeenTS), gomatrixserverlib.AsTimestamp(truncatedTime))
+		assert.Greater(t, gotDevice.LastSeenTS, updatedAfterTimestamp)
 
 		// create one more device and remove the devices step by step
 		newDeviceID := util.RandomString(16)