diff --git a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_allowed_address_pair.py b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_allowed_address_pair.py
index e4c499c..5313785 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_allowed_address_pair.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_allowed_address_pair.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         body = self.client.update_port(
             port_id, allowed_address_pairs=allowed_address_pairs)
         allowed_address_pair = body['port']['allowed_address_pairs']
-        self.assertEqual(allowed_address_pair, allowed_address_pairs)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(allowed_address_pair, allowed_address_pairs)
 
     @test.idempotent_id('9599b337-272c-47fd-b3cf-509414414ac4')
     def test_update_port_with_address_pair(self):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_revisions.py b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_revisions.py
index 10438b7..2d5b965 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_revisions.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_revisions.py
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@
         self.client.update_port(
             port['id'], security_groups=[sg['security_group']['id']])
         updated = self.client.show_port(port['id'])
-        self.client.update_port(port['id'], security_groups=[])
-        # TODO(kevinbenton): these extra shows after after the update are
-        # to work around the fact that ML2 creates the result dict before
-        # commit happens if the port is unbound. The update response should
-        # be usable directly once that is fixed.
-        updated2 = self.client.show_port(port['id'])
+        updated2 = self.client.update_port(port['id'], security_groups=[])
         self.assertGreater(updated['port']['revision_number'],
                            port['revision_number'])
         self.assertGreater(updated2['port']['revision_number'],