diff --git a/unit_tests/avwutils/fix_orient/feedsRun b/unit_tests/avwutils/fix_orient/feedsRun
index a56d814bc001d75c5eabcd87764a4dc3281d8e7e..61cade721c7e6e8e17ee1567b4eb0cee4faa274d 100755
--- a/unit_tests/avwutils/fix_orient/feedsRun
+++ b/unit_tests/avwutils/fix_orient/feedsRun
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def test_fix_orient():
 
     fixed = nib.load('fixed.nii.gz')
 
+    new_data         = fixed.get_fdata()
     new_qform, qcode = fixed.get_qform(coded=True)
     _,         scode = fixed.get_sform(coded=True)
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ def test_fix_orient():
     assert qcode == 1
     assert scode == 0
     assert np.all(np.isclose(new_qform, np.diag([2, 2, 2, 1])))
+    assert np.all(np.isclose(new_data,  data.transpose((0, 2, 1))))
 
 
 # An alternate strategy which involves
@@ -126,12 +128,14 @@ def test_fix_orient_alternate():
     sprun('imcp orig cleared')
     sprun('fslorient -deleteorient cleared')
     sprun('fslswapdim cleared x z y swapped')
-    sprun('imcp swapped fixed')
-    sprun('fslorient -setqform 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 fixed')
+    sprun('imcp swapped fixed1')
+    sprun('fslorient -setqform 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 fixed1')
+    sprun('imcp fixed1 fixed')
     sprun('fslorient -setqformcode 1 fixed')
 
     fixed = nib.load('fixed.nii.gz')
 
+    new_data         = fixed.get_fdata()
     new_qform, qcode = fixed.get_qform(coded=True)
     _,         scode = fixed.get_sform(coded=True)
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ def test_fix_orient_alternate():
     assert qcode == 1
     assert scode == 0
     assert np.all(np.isclose(new_qform, np.diag([2, 2, 2, 1])))
-
+    assert np.all(np.isclose(new_data,  data.transpose((0, 2, 1))))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':