diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/solvers/BrentSolverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/solvers/BrentSolverTest.java
index c48ebfb2e..60e3b62a6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/solvers/BrentSolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/solvers/BrentSolverTest.java
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public final class BrentSolverTest {
 
         try {
             result = solver.solve(5, f, 0.85, 5);
+            Assert.fail("Expected TooManyEvaluationsException");
         } catch (TooManyEvaluationsException e) {
             // Expected.
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/FieldLUDecompositionImplTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/FieldLUDecompositionImplTest.java
index fe29d889b..c1a2a2536 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/FieldLUDecompositionImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/linear/FieldLUDecompositionImplTest.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class FieldLUDecompositionImplTest extends TestCase {
                     { Fraction.ZERO, Fraction.ZERO },
                     { Fraction.ZERO, Fraction.ZERO }
             }));
+            fail("Expected NonSquareMatrixException");
         } catch (NonSquareMatrixException ime) {
             // expected behavior
         }