diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContextTests.java
index 6f0abe360c..6a3f3e5773 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -237,10 +237,11 @@ class GenericApplicationContextTests {
 			context.setResourceLoader(resourceLoader);
 		}
 
+		String relativePathLocation = "foo";
 		String pingLocation = "ping:foo";
 		String fileLocation = "file:foo";
 
-		Resource resource = context.getResource(pingLocation);
+		Resource resource = context.getResource(relativePathLocation);
 		assertThat(resource).isInstanceOf(defaultResourceType);
 		resource = context.getResource(fileLocation);
 		assertThat(resource).isInstanceOf(FileUrlResource.class);
@@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ class GenericApplicationContextTests {
 		assertThat(resource).asInstanceOf(type(ByteArrayResource.class))
 			.extracting(bar -> new String(bar.getByteArray(), UTF_8))
 			.isEqualTo("pong:foo");
+
+		resource = context.getResource(relativePathLocation);
+		assertThat(resource).isInstanceOf(defaultResourceType);
 		resource = context.getResource(fileLocation);
 		assertThat(resource).isInstanceOf(FileUrlResource.class);
 	}