diff --git a/test/buffer-list.js b/test/buffer-list.js
index f3599479..4e687728 100644
--- a/test/buffer-list.js
+++ b/test/buffer-list.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BufferList.prototype.addCString = function(val) {
 };
 
 BufferList.prototype.addChar = function(char, first) {
-  return this.add(Buffer(char,'utf8'), true);
+  return this.add(Buffer(char,'utf8'), first);
 };
 
 BufferList.prototype.join = function(appendLength, char) {