diff --git a/db/db_iterator_test.cc b/db/db_iterator_test.cc
index 7635900e8..25fdfabd8 100644
--- a/db/db_iterator_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_iterator_test.cc
@@ -1557,7 +1557,9 @@ TEST_F(DBIteratorTest, ReadAhead) {
     Put(Key(i), value);
   }
   ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+#ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE
   ASSERT_EQ("1,1,1", FilesPerLevel());
+#endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
 
   env->random_read_bytes_counter_ = 0;
   options.statistics->setTickerCount(NO_FILE_OPENS, 0);