diff -r ebd81372116c evil-tests.el
--- a/evil-tests.el	Wed Dec 07 10:10:22 2011 +0100
+++ b/evil-tests.el	Wed Dec 07 10:34:07 2011 +0100
@@ -4234,8 +4234,8 @@
     (ert-info ("Exact with count")
       (should (equal (evil-extract-count "420x")
                      (list 420 'evil-delete-char "x" nil)))
-      (should (equal (evil-extract-count "420\M-f")
-                     (list 420 'forward-word "\M-f" nil)))
+      (should (equal (evil-extract-count (vconcat "420" (kbd "M-f")))
+                     (list 420 'forward-word (vconcat (kbd "M-f")) nil)))
       (should (equal (evil-extract-count "2301g0")
                      (list 2301 'evil-beginning-of-visual-line "g0" nil))))