diff --git a/tests/unit/test_args.py b/tests/unit/test_args.py
index dfdcd9d514..8f1c992422 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_args.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_args.py
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ def test_coercible_value_request_min_compression_size_bytes(self):
         config = client_args['client_config']
         self.assertEqual(config.request_min_compression_size_bytes, 100)
 
+    def test_coercible_value_disable_request_compression(self):
+        config = Config(disable_request_compression='true')
+        client_args = self.call_get_client_args(client_config=config)
+        config = client_args['client_config']
+        self.assertTrue(config.disable_request_compression)
+
     def test_bad_type_request_min_compression_size_bytes(self):
         with self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidConfigError):
             config = Config(request_min_compression_size_bytes='foo')
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_compress.py b/tests/unit/test_compress.py
index 073a0eecc2..d9389de3d0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_compress.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_compress.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_no_compression(config, request_dict, operation_model):
     original_body = request_dict['body']
     maybe_compress_request(config, request_dict, operation_model)
     assert request_dict['body'] is original_body
-    assert ce_header == request_dict['headers'].get('Content-Encoding')
+    assert ce_header is request_dict['headers'].get('Content-Encoding')
 
 
 def test_dict_no_compression():