diff --git a/src/hz.erl b/src/hz.erl
index 664baf1..fda0311 100644
--- a/src/hz.erl
+++ b/src/hz.erl
@@ -2210,19 +2210,23 @@ eu(N, Size) ->
 
 %%% Simple coerce/3 tests
 
+% Round trip coerce run for the eunit tests below. If these results don't match
+% then the test should fail.
 try_coerce(Type, Sophia, Fate) ->
-    FateActual = coerce(Type, Sophia, to_fate),
-    SophiaActual = coerce(Type, Fate, from_fate),
-    case {ok, Fate} == FateActual of
-        true ->
+    % Run both first, to see if they fail to produce any result.
+    {ok, FateActual} = coerce(Type, Sophia, to_fate),
+    {ok, SophiaActual} = coerce(Type, Fate, from_fate),
+    % Now check that the results were what we expected.
+    case FateActual of
+        Fate ->
             ok;
-        false ->
+        _ ->
             erlang:error({to_fate_failed, Fate, FateActual})
     end,
-    case {ok, Sophia} == SophiaActual of
-        true ->
+    case SophiaActual of
+        Sophia ->
             ok;
-        false ->
+        _ ->
             erlang:error({from_fate_failed, Sophia, SophiaActual})
     end,
     ok.