diff --git a/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_core.py b/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_core.py
index b7cfb852..0abe2567 100644
--- a/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_core.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestV1Core(base.TestBase):
 
             req = request.Request()
             result = core.queue_get_stats(self.transport, req, 'test')
-            self.assertEqual(result, {})
+            self.assertEqual({}, result)
 
     def test_message_post_one(self):
         messages = {'ttl': 30, 'body': 'Post one!'}
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ class TestV1Core(base.TestBase):
 
             core.message_post(self.transport, req, 'test', messages)
             self.assertIn('queue_name', req.params)
-            self.assertEqual(json.loads(req.content),
-                             messages)
+            self.assertEqual(messages, json.loads(req.content))
 
     def test_message_post_many(self):
         messages = [{'ttl': 30, 'body': 'Post one!'},
@@ -127,8 +126,7 @@ class TestV1Core(base.TestBase):
 
             core.message_post(self.transport, req, 'test', messages)
             self.assertIn('queue_name', req.params)
-            self.assertEqual(json.loads(req.content),
-                             messages)
+            self.assertEqual(messages, json.loads(req.content))
 
     def test_message_list(self):
         with mock.patch.object(self.transport, 'send',
@@ -264,4 +262,4 @@ class TestV1_1Core(TestV1Core):
 
             self.assertIn('queue_name', req.params)
             self.assertIn('pop', req.params)
-            self.assertEqual(req.params['pop'], 5)
+            self.assertEqual(5, req.params['pop'])
diff --git a/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_message.py b/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_message.py
index 1d7a0b45..5a9bbc34 100644
--- a/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_message.py
+++ b/tests/unit/queues/v1/test_message.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class TestMessageIterator(base.QueuesTestBase):
                                      'messages',
                                      message.create_object(self.queue))
         iterated = [msg for msg in iterator]
-        self.assertEqual(len(iterated), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(iterated))
 
     def test_stream(self):
         messages = {'links': [],
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class TestMessageIterator(base.QueuesTestBase):
                                          'messages',
                                          message.create_object(self.queue))
             iterated = [msg for msg in iterator.stream()]
-            self.assertEqual(len(iterated), 2)
+            self.assertEqual(2, len(iterated))
 
     def test_iterator_respect_paging(self):
         messages = {'links': [],
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TestMessageIterator(base.QueuesTestBase):
                                          'messages',
                                          message.create_object(self.queue))
             iterated = [msg for msg in iterator]
-            self.assertEqual(len(iterated), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(1, len(iterated))
 
 
 class QueuesV1MessageHttpUnitTest(test_message.QueuesV1MessageUnitTest):