diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index 5ea4b28acb4e38ebfaf217dab676c5f0fe6419b7..639875dd6e10965461197f4c2ad36d2cb065b0e0 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_the_test_rake_task_is_protected_when_previous_migration_was_production
          env RAILS_ENV=production bin/rake db:create db:migrate;
          env RAILS_ENV=production bin/rake db:test:prepare test 2>&1`
 
-        assert_match /ActiveRecord::ProtectedEnvironmentError/, output
+        assert_match(/ActiveRecord::ProtectedEnvironmentError/, output)
       end
     end
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_not_protected_when_previous_migration_was_not_production
          env RAILS_ENV=test bin/rake db:create db:migrate;
          env RAILS_ENV=test bin/rake db:test:prepare test 2>&1`
 
-        refute_match /ActiveRecord::ProtectedEnvironmentError/, output
+        refute_match(/ActiveRecord::ProtectedEnvironmentError/, output)
       end
     end