diff --git a/tests/integration/misbehaviour.go b/tests/integration/misbehaviour.go
index ac7ac00b41..96739679eb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/misbehaviour.go
+++ b/tests/integration/misbehaviour.go
@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ func (s *CCVTestSuite) TestCheckMisbehaviour() {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			err := s.providerApp.GetProviderKeeper().CheckMisbehaviour(s.providerCtx(), *tc.misbehaviour)
+			cs, ok := s.providerApp.GetIBCKeeper().ClientKeeper.GetClientState(s.providerCtx(), s.path.EndpointA.ClientID)
+			s.Require().True(ok)
+			// verify that the client wasn't frozen
+			s.Require().Zero(cs.(*ibctmtypes.ClientState).FrozenHeight)
 			if tc.expPass {
 				s.NoError(err)
 			} else {