diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.char/lt.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.char/lt.pass.cpp
index fa14e666e9e90e..81a8574eac8bdc 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.char/lt.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.char/lt.pass.cpp
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@
 
 int main(int, char**)
 {
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt('\0', 'A'));
-    assert(!std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', '\0'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('\0', 'A') == ('\0' < 'A'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', '\0') == ('A' < '\0'));
 
-    assert(!std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'a'));
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', 'a'));
-    assert(!std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'A'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'a') == ('a' < 'a'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', 'a') == ('A' < 'a'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'A') == ('a' < 'A'));
 
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'z'));
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', 'Z'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('a', 'z') == ('a' < 'z'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', 'Z') == ('A' < 'Z'));
 
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt(' ', 'A'));
-    assert( std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', '~'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt(' ', 'A') == (' ' < 'A'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<char>::lt('A', '~') == ('A' < '~'));
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.wchar.t/lt.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.wchar.t/lt.pass.cpp
index 15a16b0cd92da3..5664692addb412 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.wchar.t/lt.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/strings/char.traits/char.traits.specializations/char.traits.specializations.wchar.t/lt.pass.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,18 @@
 
 int main(int, char**)
 {
-    assert(!std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'a', L'a'));
-    assert( std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'A', L'a'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'\0', L'A') == (L'\0' < L'A'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'A', L'\0') == (L'A' < L'\0'));
+
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'a', L'a') == (L'a' < L'a'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'A', L'a') == (L'A' < L'a'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'a', L'A') == (L'a' < L'A'));
+
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'a', L'z') == (L'a' < L'z'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'A', L'Z') == (L'A' < L'Z'));
+
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L' ', L'A') == (L' ' < L'A'));
+  assert(std::char_traits<wchar_t>::lt(L'A', L'~') == (L'A' < L'~'));
 
   return 0;
 }