diff --git a/tests/test_modeling_encoder_decoder.py b/tests/test_modeling_encoder_decoder.py
index 71076d4f21..5f7dce94df 100644
--- a/tests/test_modeling_encoder_decoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_modeling_encoder_decoder.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class EncoderDecoderMixin:
 
             with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
                 enc_dec_model.save_pretrained(tmpdirname)
-                EncoderDecoderModel.from_pretrained(tmpdirname)
+                enc_dec_model = EncoderDecoderModel.from_pretrained(tmpdirname)
 
                 after_outputs = enc_dec_model(
                     input_ids=input_ids,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class EncoderDecoderMixin:
             with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as encoder_tmp_dirname, tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as decoder_tmp_dirname:
                 enc_dec_model.encoder.save_pretrained(encoder_tmp_dirname)
                 enc_dec_model.decoder.save_pretrained(decoder_tmp_dirname)
-                EncoderDecoderModel.from_encoder_decoder_pretrained(
+                enc_dec_model = EncoderDecoderModel.from_encoder_decoder_pretrained(
                     encoder_pretrained_model_name_or_path=encoder_tmp_dirname,
                     decoder_pretrained_model_name_or_path=decoder_tmp_dirname,
                 )