diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 89bc2aff..114481ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
 
         headers = {"test": u'ni\xf1o'}
         resp, body = self.client.get('/v1/images/detail', headers=headers)
-        self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
+        self.assertEqual(fake, resp)
 
     def test_headers_encoding(self):
         value = u'ni\xf1o'
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         self.mock.ReplayAll()
 
         resp, body = self.client.get('/v1/images/detail', headers=headers)
-        self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
+        self.assertEqual(fake, resp)
 
     def test_parse_endpoint(self):
         endpoint = 'http://example.com:9292'
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         headers = {"test": u'chunked_request'}
         resp, body = self.client.post('/v1/images/',
                                       headers=headers, data=data)
-        self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
+        self.assertEqual(fake, resp)
 
     def test_http_json(self):
         data = {"test": "json_request"}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         resp, body = self.client.post('/v1/images/',
                                       headers=headers,
                                       data=data)
-        self.assertEqual(resp, fake)
+        self.assertEqual(fake, resp)
 
     def test_http_chunked_response(self):
         headers = {"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"}
diff --git a/tests/test_shell.py b/tests/test_shell.py
index 875b7cef..da1ca131 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         shell(args)
         assert mock_versioned_client.called
         ((api_version, args), kwargs) = mock_versioned_client.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args.os_cert, 'mycert')
-        self.assertEqual(args.os_key, 'mykey')
+        self.assertEqual('mycert', args.os_cert)
+        self.assertEqual('mykey', args.os_key)
 
         # make sure we get the same thing with --cert-file and --key-file
         args = '--cert-file mycertfile --key-file mykeyfile image-list'
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         glance_shell.main(args.split())
         assert mock_versioned_client.called
         ((api_version, args), kwargs) = mock_versioned_client.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args.os_cert, 'mycertfile')
-        self.assertEqual(args.os_key, 'mykeyfile')
+        self.assertEqual('mycertfile', args.os_cert)
+        self.assertEqual('mykeyfile', args.os_key)
 
     @mock.patch('glanceclient.v1.client.Client')
     def test_no_auth_with_token_and_image_url_with_v1(self, v1_client):
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         glance_shell.main(args.split())
         assert v1_client.called
         (args, kwargs) = v1_client.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(kwargs['token'], 'mytoken')
-        self.assertEqual(args[0], 'https://image:1234/v1')
+        self.assertEqual('mytoken', kwargs['token'])
+        self.assertEqual('https://image:1234/v1', args[0])
 
     @mock.patch.object(openstack_shell.OpenStackImagesShell, '_cache_schemas')
     def test_no_auth_with_token_and_image_url_with_v2(self,
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             glance_shell = openstack_shell.OpenStackImagesShell()
             glance_shell.main(args.split())
             ((args), kwargs) = v2_client.call_args
-            self.assertEqual(args[0], 'https://image:1234/v2')
-            self.assertEqual(kwargs['token'], 'mytoken')
+            self.assertEqual('https://image:1234/v2', args[0])
+            self.assertEqual('mytoken', kwargs['token'])
 
     def _assert_auth_plugin_args(self, mock_auth_plugin):
         # make sure our auth plugin is invoked with the correct args
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py b/tests/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
index 878658fa..8e1fcf5d 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
+++ b/tests/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
@@ -510,14 +510,14 @@ class TestNamespaceController(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_list_namespaces(self):
         namespaces = list(self.controller.list())
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(namespaces), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(namespaces))
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE1, namespaces[0]['namespace'])
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE2, namespaces[1]['namespace'])
 
     def test_list_namespaces_paginate(self):
         namespaces = list(self.controller.list(page_size=1))
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(namespaces), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(namespaces))
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE7, namespaces[0]['namespace'])
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE8, namespaces[1]['namespace'])
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class TestNamespaceController(testtools.TestCase):
             }
         ))
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(namespaces), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(namespaces))
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE3, namespaces[0]['namespace'])
 
     def test_list_namespaces_with_multiple_resource_types_filter(self):
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class TestNamespaceController(testtools.TestCase):
             }
         ))
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(namespaces), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(namespaces))
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE4, namespaces[0]['namespace'])
 
     def test_list_namespaces_with_visibility_filter(self):
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class TestNamespaceController(testtools.TestCase):
             }
         ))
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(namespaces), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(namespaces))
         self.assertEqual(NAMESPACE5, namespaces[0]['namespace'])
 
     def test_get_namespace(self):