diff --git a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
index 5a599c321..ea98d79d3 100644
--- a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
+++ b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void array_for_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3, (m1.array() - s1).matrix());
 
   // reductions
-  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.colwise().sum().sum() - m1.sum(), m1.cwiseAbs().maxCoeff());
-  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.rowwise().sum().sum() - m1.sum(), m1.cwiseAbs().maxCoeff());
-  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.colwise().sum() + m2.colwise().sum() - (m1+m2).colwise().sum(), (m1+m2).cwiseAbs().maxCoeff());
-  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.rowwise().sum() - m2.rowwise().sum() - (m1-m2).rowwise().sum(), (m1-m2).cwiseAbs().maxCoeff());
+  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.colwise().sum().sum() - m1.sum(), m1.norm());
+  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.rowwise().sum().sum() - m1.sum(), m1.norm());
+  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.colwise().sum() + m2.colwise().sum() - (m1+m2).colwise().sum(), (m1+m2).norm());
+  VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m1.rowwise().sum() - m2.rowwise().sum() - (m1-m2).rowwise().sum(), (m1-m2).norm());
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.colwise().sum(), m1.colwise().redux(internal::scalar_sum_op<Scalar>()));
 
   // vector-wise ops