diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/channel-status.t.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/channel-status.t.cpp
index 0ffe2de..7c89533 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/channel-status.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/channel-status.t.cpp
@@ -36,44 +36,44 @@
 {
   ChannelStatus status1;
   status1.setLocalUri("udp4://192.168.2.1");
-
-  Block wire;
-  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(wire = status1.wireEncode());
+  Block wire = status1.wireEncode();
 
   // These octets are obtained by the snippet below.
   // This check is intended to detect unexpected encoding change in the future.
   // for (Buffer::const_iterator it = wire.begin(); it != wire.end(); ++it) {
-  //  printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
+  //   printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
   // }
   static const uint8_t expected[] = {
     0x82, 0x14, 0x81, 0x12, 0x75, 0x64, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32,
     0x2e, 0x31, 0x36, 0x38, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x31
   };
-  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
-                                  wire.begin(), wire.end());
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
+                                wire.begin(), wire.end());
 
-  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(ChannelStatus(wire));
   ChannelStatus status2(wire);
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status1.getLocalUri(), status2.getLocalUri());
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status1, status2);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Equality)
 {
-  ChannelStatus cs1, cs2;
+  ChannelStatus status1, status2;
 
-  cs1.setLocalUri("udp4://127.0.0.1:6363");
-  cs2 = cs1;
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cs1, cs2);
+  status1.setLocalUri("udp4://127.0.0.1:6363");
+  status2 = status1;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status1, status2);
 
-  cs2.setLocalUri("dev://eth0");
-  BOOST_CHECK_NE(cs1, cs2);
+  status2.setLocalUri("dev://eth0");
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(status1, status2);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Print)
 {
-  ChannelStatus cs;
-  cs.setLocalUri("udp4://127.0.0.1:6363");
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(cs),
+  ChannelStatus status;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(status),
+                    "Channel(LocalUri: )");
+
+  status.setLocalUri("udp4://127.0.0.1:6363");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(status),
                     "Channel(LocalUri: udp4://127.0.0.1:6363)");
 }