diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_journal_client.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_journal_client.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_journal_client.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_journal_client.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 import functools
 from itertools import permutations
+from typing import List
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import attr
@@ -130,7 +131,11 @@
     swh_scheduler.origin_visit_stats_upsert.assert_not_called()
 
 
-def assert_visit_stats_ok(actual_visit_stats, expected_visit_stats):
+def assert_visit_stats_ok(
+    actual_visit_stats: List[OriginVisitStats],
+    expected_visit_stats: List[OriginVisitStats],
+    ignore_fields: List[str] = ["next_visit_queue_position"],
+):
     """Utility test function to ensure visits stats read from the backend are in the right
     shape. The comparison on the next_visit_queue_position will be dealt with in
     dedicated tests so it's not tested in tests that are calling this function.
@@ -138,9 +143,11 @@
     """
     assert len(actual_visit_stats) == len(expected_visit_stats)
 
-    for visit_stats in actual_visit_stats:
-        visit_stats = attr.evolve(visit_stats, next_visit_queue_position=None)
+    fields = attr.fields_dict(OriginVisitStats)
+    defaults = {field: fields[field].default for field in ignore_fields}
 
+    for visit_stats in actual_visit_stats:
+        visit_stats = attr.evolve(visit_stats, **defaults)
         assert visit_stats in expected_visit_stats
 
 
@@ -539,16 +546,25 @@
         {"origin_visit_status": visit_statuses}, scheduler=swh_scheduler
     )
 
-    (actual_visit_stats,) = swh_scheduler.origin_visit_stats_get([("cavabarder", "hg")])
+    actual_visit_stats = swh_scheduler.origin_visit_stats_get([("cavabarder", "hg")])
 
-    assert actual_visit_stats.url == "cavabarder"
-    assert actual_visit_stats.visit_type == "hg"
-    assert actual_visit_stats.last_eventful == DATE1 + 2 * ONE_DAY
-    assert actual_visit_stats.last_uneventful == DATE1 + 3 * ONE_DAY
-    assert actual_visit_stats.last_failed is None
-    assert actual_visit_stats.last_notfound is None
-    assert actual_visit_stats.last_snapshot == hash_to_bytes(
-        "aaaaaabbbeb6cf9efd5b920a8453e1e07157b6cd"
+    assert_visit_stats_ok(
+        actual_visit_stats,
+        [
+            OriginVisitStats(
+                url="cavabarder",
+                visit_type="hg",
+                last_eventful=DATE1 + 2 * ONE_DAY,
+                last_uneventful=DATE1 + 3 * ONE_DAY,
+                last_failed=None,
+                last_notfound=None,
+                last_snapshot=hash_to_bytes("aaaaaabbbeb6cf9efd5b920a8453e1e07157b6cd"),
+            )
+        ],
+        ignore_fields=[
+            "next_visit_queue_position",
+            "next_position_offset",  # depending on the permutations, the value differs
+        ],
     )