diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.reference
index bc02497798f..032bcf0ea19 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.reference
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ SELECT 1 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true;
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
 1
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
--- ... but this not because the query executes much faster than the milliseconds threshold
-SET query_result_cache_min_query_duration = 10000;
+-- ... but this does not because the query executes much faster than the milliseconds threshold
+SET query_result_cache_max_entry_size = 10000;
 SELECT 1 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true;
 1
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
-0
+1
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.sql
index 2336fa0a83f..72976246a16 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_min_query_duration.sql
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
 
--- this does not create a cache entry ...
-SET query_result_cache_max_entry_size = 0;
+-- this does create an entry in the query result cache
 SELECT 1 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true;
-SELECT count(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
 
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
 
--- ... but this does
-SET query_result_cache_max_entry_size = 9999999;
+-- ... but this does not because the query executes much faster than the milliseconds threshold
+SET query_result_cache_max_entry_size = 10000;
 SELECT 1 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true;
-SELECT count(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM system.queryresult_cache;
 
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;