diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/ksfixtures/hacking.py b/keystone/tests/unit/ksfixtures/hacking.py
index 5093a19a79..caf19ce718 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/ksfixtures/hacking.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/ksfixtures/hacking.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 # test_hacking_checks test cases.
 # flake8: noqa
 
+import sys
+
 import fixtures
 
 
@@ -73,11 +75,18 @@ class HackingCode(fixtures.Fixture):
             (25, 14, 'K001'),
             (25, 36, 'K001'),
             (28, 10, 'K001'),
-            (28, 27, 'K001'),
+            (28, 26, 'K001'),
             (29, 21, 'K001'),
-            (32, 11, 'K001'),
+            (32, 10, 'K001'),
         ]}
 
+    # NOTE(browne): This is gross, but in Python 3.4 and earlier, the ast
+    # module returns the incorrect col_offset for two of the defined functions
+    # in the code sample above.
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+        mutable_default_args['expected_errors'][12] = (28, 27, 'K001')
+        mutable_default_args['expected_errors'][14] = (32, 11, 'K001')
+
     comments_begin_with_space = {
         'code': """
             # This is a good comment
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_hacking_checks.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_hacking_checks.py
index 5c95d416a5..99592d08f0 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_hacking_checks.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_hacking_checks.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class BaseStyleCheck(unit.BaseTestCase):
 
     def assert_has_errors(self, code, expected_errors=None):
         actual_errors = [e[:3] for e in self.run_check(code)]
-        self.assertEqual(expected_errors or [], actual_errors)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(expected_errors or [], actual_errors)
 
 
 class TestCheckForMutableDefaultArgs(BaseStyleCheck):