diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
index 53a935f..5b8db03 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
@@ -404,8 +404,13 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
 
     $this->pass("Test referencing entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
+
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
-    $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'HIT', Cache::mergeTags($referencing_entity_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags_referencing_entity));
+    $expectedTags = [];
+    $expectedTags = Cache::mergeTags($referencing_entity_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags);
+    $expectedTags = Cache::mergeTags($expectedTags, $page_cache_tags_referencing_entity);
+    $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'HIT', $expectedTags);
+
     // Also verify the existence of an entity render cache entry.
     $cache_keys = ['entity_view', 'entity_test', $this->referencingEntity->id(), 'full'];
     $cid = $this->createCacheId($cache_keys, $entity_cache_contexts);
@@ -429,9 +434,12 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     $this->pass("Test listing of referencing entities.", 'Debug');
     // Prime the page cache for the listing of referencing entities.
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
-    // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
-    $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'HIT', Cache::mergeTags($referencing_entity_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags_referencing_entity));
 
+    // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
+    $expectedTags = [];
+    $expectedTags = Cache::mergeTags($referencing_entity_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags);
+    $expectedTags = Cache::mergeTags($expectedTags, $page_cache_tags_referencing_entity);
+    $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'HIT', $expectedTags);
 
     $this->pass("Test empty listing.", 'Debug');
     // Prime the page cache for the empty listing.