diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/converter/GenericBigDecimalConverter.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/converter/GenericBigDecimalConverter.java
index e96dbeaf47..7be038910b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/converter/GenericBigDecimalConverter.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/converter/GenericBigDecimalConverter.java
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ public class GenericBigDecimalConverter implements GenericConverter {
         } else {
             Number number = (Number) source;
             BigDecimal converted = new BigDecimal(number.doubleValue());
-            converted.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN);
-            return converted;
+            return converted.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/converter/CustomConverterTest.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/converter/CustomConverterTest.java
index 8446196758..faa6baffbb 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/converter/CustomConverterTest.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/converter/CustomConverterTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class CustomConverterTest {
     @Test
     public void whenConvertingToBigDecimalUsingGenericConverter_thenSuccess() {
         assertThat(conversionService.convert(Integer.valueOf(11), BigDecimal.class)).
-          isEqualTo(BigDecimal.valueOf(11));
+          isEqualTo(BigDecimal.valueOf(11.00).setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN));
         assertThat(conversionService.convert(Double.valueOf(25.23), BigDecimal.class))
           .isEqualByComparingTo(BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.valueOf(25.23)));
         assertThat(conversionService.convert("2.32", BigDecimal.class))