diff --git a/tests/tests/buffer.rs b/tests/tests/buffer.rs
index b0e264e8f9a..e2316daadce 100644
--- a/tests/tests/buffer.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/buffer.rs
@@ -354,16 +354,15 @@ static CLEAR_OFFSET_OUTSIDE_RESOURCE_BOUNDS: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfi
 
         let out_of_bounds = size.checked_add(wgpu::COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT).unwrap();
 
-        ctx.device.push_error_scope(wgpu::ErrorFilter::Validation);
-        ctx.device
-            .create_command_encoder(&Default::default())
-            .clear_buffer(&buffer, out_of_bounds, None);
-        let err_msg = pollster::block_on(ctx.device.pop_error_scope())
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_string();
-        assert!(err_msg.contains(
-            "Clear of 20..20 would end up overrunning the bounds of the buffer of size 16"
-        ));
+        wgpu_test::fail(
+            &ctx.device,
+            || {
+                ctx.device
+                    .create_command_encoder(&Default::default())
+                    .clear_buffer(&buffer, out_of_bounds, None)
+            },
+            Some("Clear of 20..20 would end up overrunning the bounds of the buffer of size 16"),
+        );
     });
 
 #[gpu_test]
@@ -381,19 +380,20 @@ static CLEAR_OFFSET_PLUS_SIZE_OUTSIDE_U64_BOUNDS: GpuTestConfiguration =
             let max_valid_offset = u64::MAX - (u64::MAX % wgpu::COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT);
             let smallest_aligned_invalid_size = wgpu::COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT;
 
-            ctx.device.push_error_scope(wgpu::ErrorFilter::Validation);
-            ctx.device
-                .create_command_encoder(&Default::default())
-                .clear_buffer(
-                    &buffer,
-                    max_valid_offset,
-                    Some(smallest_aligned_invalid_size),
-                );
-            let err_msg = pollster::block_on(ctx.device.pop_error_scope())
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_string();
-            assert!(err_msg.contains(concat!(
-                "Clear starts at offset 18446744073709551612 with size of 4, ",
-                "but these added together exceed `u64::MAX`"
-            )));
+            wgpu_test::fail(
+                &ctx.device,
+                || {
+                    ctx.device
+                        .create_command_encoder(&Default::default())
+                        .clear_buffer(
+                            &buffer,
+                            max_valid_offset,
+                            Some(smallest_aligned_invalid_size),
+                        )
+                },
+                Some(concat!(
+                    "Clear starts at offset 18446744073709551612 with size of 4, ",
+                    "but these added together exceed `u64::MAX`"
+                )),
+            );
         });