diff --git a/tests/e2e/actions.go b/tests/e2e/actions.go
index da25fc4bef..c8661207f4 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/actions.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/actions.go
@@ -2900,7 +2900,8 @@ func (tr Chain) detectConsumerEvidence(
 			bz, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 			if err == nil {
 				evidence := gjson.Get(string(bz), "evidence")
-				if len(evidence.Array()) > 0 {
+				// we only expect only one evidence
+				if len(evidence.Array()) == 1 {
 					infractionHeight = evidence.Array()[0].Get("value.height").Int()
 					break
 				}
@@ -2914,7 +2915,7 @@ func (tr Chain) detectConsumerEvidence(
 		}
 
 		// get the evidence data from the block
-		// note that the the evidence is added to the next block after the infraction height
+		// note that the evidence is added to the next block after the infraction height
 		cmd := tr.target.ExecCommand(
 			consumerBinaryName,
 			"query", "block", "--type=height", strconv.Itoa(int(infractionHeight+1)),