diff --git a/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo_call_count.py b/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo_call_count.py
index b98113420868..341c3b35e580 100644
--- a/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo_call_count.py
+++ b/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo_call_count.py
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ def _import_course(self, content_store, modulestore):
         # These two lines show the way this traversal *should* be done
         # (if you'll eventually access all the fields and load all the definitions anyway).
         (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, None, False, True, 2),
-        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, None, True, True, 36),
-        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, 0, False, True, 36),
-        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, 0, True, True, 36),
+        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, None, True, True, 37),
+        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, 0, False, True, 37),
+        (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, 0, True, True, 37),
         (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, None, False, False, 2),
         (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, None, True, False, 2),
         (MIXED_SPLIT_MODULESTORE_BUILDER, 0, False, False, 2),
diff --git a/xmodule/tests/test_word_cloud.py b/xmodule/tests/test_word_cloud.py
index 3b965284a97d..faebaf39f2b3 100644
--- a/xmodule/tests/test_word_cloud.py
+++ b/xmodule/tests/test_word_cloud.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_xml_import_export_cycle(self):
             exported_xml = f.read()
 
         exported_xml_tree = etree.fromstring(exported_xml.encode('utf-8'))
-        etree.cleanup_namespaces(etree.fromstring(exported_xml.encode('utf-8')))
+        etree.cleanup_namespaces(exported_xml_tree)
         exported_xml = etree.tostring(exported_xml_tree, encoding='unicode', pretty_print=True)
 
         assert original_xml == exported_xml