diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/DateIntervalTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/DateIntervalTypeTest.php
index 6e19b9fc3d..4add8b13bf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/DateIntervalTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/DateIntervalTypeTest.php
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class DateIntervalTypeTest extends BaseTypeTest
 
     public function provideEmptyData()
     {
-        $expectedData = \DateInterval::createFromDateString('6 years and 4 months');
+        $expectedData = new \DateInterval('P6Y4M');
 
         return [
             'Simple field' => ['single_text', 'P6Y4M0D', $expectedData],