diff --git a/spacy/tests/parser/test_preset_sbd.py b/spacy/tests/parser/test_preset_sbd.py
index 1b83567ad..fa31486ea 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/parser/test_preset_sbd.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/parser/test_preset_sbd.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def test_sents_1(parser):
     doc = Doc(parser.vocab, words=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
     doc[2].sent_start = True
     doc = parser(doc)
-    assert len(list(doc.sents)) == 3
+    assert len(list(doc.sents)) >= 2
     doc = Doc(parser.vocab, words=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
     doc[1].sent_start = False
     doc[2].sent_start = True