diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3526.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3526.py
index 3949c4b1c..62c9d5532 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3526.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3526.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from spacy.language import Language
 from spacy.pipeline import EntityRuler
 from spacy import load
 import srsly
+
 from ..util import make_tempdir
 
 
@@ -79,8 +80,10 @@ def test_entity_ruler_in_pipeline_from_issue(patterns, en_vocab):
     nlp.add_pipe(ruler)
     with make_tempdir() as tmpdir:
         nlp.to_disk(tmpdir)
-        assert nlp.pipeline[-1][-1].patterns == [{"label": "ORG", "pattern": "Apple"}]
-        assert nlp.pipeline[-1][-1].overwrite is True
+        ruler = nlp.get_pipe("entity_ruler")
+        assert ruler.patterns == [{"label": "ORG", "pattern": "Apple"}]
+        assert ruler.overwrite is True
         nlp2 = load(tmpdir)
-        assert nlp2.pipeline[-1][-1].patterns == [{"label": "ORG", "pattern": "Apple"}]
-        assert nlp2.pipeline[-1][-1].overwrite is True
+        new_ruler = nlp2.get_pipe("entity_ruler")
+        assert new_ruler.patterns == [{"label": "ORG", "pattern": "Apple"}]
+        assert new_ruler.overwrite is True