diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
index 0a22f4a9c5cab39fb513be14881f5f7452658cb3..467c0969a40ee4adc7fffc93a7f0b03b8e3b3e87 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ expected_alerts_list = [
 ]
 
 expected_deleted_alerts = [{"policy": alert_object["policy"], "trigger": alert_object["trigger"]} for alert_object in expected_alerts_list]
-expected_alerts_list = sorted(expected_alerts_list, key=lambda x: x['trigger'])
+expected_deleted_alerts = sorted(expected_deleted_alerts, key=lambda x: x['trigger'])
 expected_deleted_handlers = [{"policy": alert_object["policy"], "trigger": alert_object["trigger"], "handler": handler} for alert_object in expected_alerts_list for handler in alert_object["handlers"]]
 expected_deleted_handlers = sorted(expected_deleted_handlers, key=lambda x: (x['handler'], x['trigger']))