diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compile.py b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
index 0126780982059a..d3e69bfedccd07 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@ def test_compile_ast(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, co1, '<ast>', 'eval')
 
         # raise exception when node type is no start node
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, _ast.If(), '<ast>', 'exec')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, _ast.If(test=_ast.Name(id='x', ctx=_ast.Load())), '<ast>', 'exec')
 
         # raise exception when node has invalid children
         ast = _ast.Module()
-        ast.body = [_ast.BoolOp()]
+        ast.body = [_ast.BoolOp(op=_ast.Or())]
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, ast, '<ast>', 'exec')
 
     def test_compile_invalid_typealias(self):