--- a/tests/src/confirmSponsorship.test.ts
+++ b/tests/src/confirmSponsorship.test.ts
@@ -251,23 +251,20 @@
       const zeroBalance = await findUnusedAddress(api);
 
       // Mint token for alice
-      const itemId = await createItemExpectSuccess(alice, collectionId, 'ReFungible', alice.address);
+      const itemId = await createItemExpectSuccess(alice, collectionId, 'ReFungible', zeroBalance.address);
 
-      // Transfer this token from Alice to unused address and back
-      // Alice to Zero gets sponsored
-      const aliceToZero = api.tx.nft.transfer(normalizeAccountId(zeroBalance.address), collectionId, itemId, 1);
-      const events1 = await submitTransactionAsync(alice, aliceToZero);
+      const zeroToAlice = api.tx.nft.transfer(normalizeAccountId(alice.address), collectionId, itemId, 1);
+
+      // Zero to alice gets sponsored
+      const events1 = await submitTransactionAsync(zeroBalance, zeroToAlice);
       const result1 = getGenericResult(events1);
       expect(result1.success).to.be.true;
 
       // Second transfer should fail
       const sponsorBalanceBefore = (await api.query.system.account(bob.address)).data.free.toBigInt();
-      const zeroToAlice = api.tx.nft.transfer(normalizeAccountId(alice.address), collectionId, itemId, 1);
-      const badTransaction = async function () {
-        await submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(zeroBalance, zeroToAlice);
-      };
-      await expect(badTransaction()).to.be.rejectedWith('Inability to pay some fees');
+      await expect(submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(zeroBalance, zeroToAlice)).to.be.rejectedWith('Inability to pay some fees');
       const sponsorBalanceAfter = (await api.query.system.account(bob.address)).data.free.toBigInt();
+      expect(sponsorBalanceAfter).to.be.equal(sponsorBalanceBefore);
 
       // Try again after Zero gets some balance - now it should succeed
       const balancetx = api.tx.balances.transfer(zeroBalance.address, 1e15);
@@ -275,8 +272,6 @@
       const events2 = await submitTransactionAsync(zeroBalance, zeroToAlice);
       const result2 = getGenericResult(events2);
       expect(result2.success).to.be.true;
-
-      expect(sponsorBalanceAfter).to.be.equal(sponsorBalanceBefore);
     });
   });