diff --git a/tests/daemon/face/unix-stream-channel.t.cpp b/tests/daemon/face/unix-stream-channel.t.cpp
index fe9d4be..fa9e480 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/face/unix-stream-channel.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/face/unix-stream-channel.t.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
     listenerEp = unix_stream::Endpoint("nfd-test-unix-stream-channel.sock");
   }
 
-  unique_ptr<UnixStreamChannel>
+  shared_ptr<UnixStreamChannel>
   makeChannel() final
   {
-    return make_unique<UnixStreamChannel>(listenerEp, false);
+    return std::make_shared<UnixStreamChannel>(listenerEp, false);
   }
 
   void
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(listenerChannel->size(), 3);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(listenerFaces.size(), 3);
 
-  // check face persistency
+  // check face persistency and channel association
   for (const auto& face : listenerFaces) {
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(face->getPersistency(), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(face->getChannel().lock(), listenerChannel);
   }
 }