diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-Array.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-Array.R
index 13e5dba7a4691..ebae1a0ff2c91 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-Array.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-Array.R
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ test_that("Array$create() should have helpful error", {
   # the captured conditions (errors) are not identical, but their messages should be
   expect_s3_class(a, "rlang_error")
   expect_s3_class(b, "simpleError")
-  expect_equal(a$message, b$message)
+  expect_equal(a$message, b$message, ignore_attr = TRUE)
 })
 
 test_that("Array$View() (ARROW-6542)", {