diff --git a/xml/read_test.go b/xml/read_test.go
index adc23d5..88c4727 100644
--- a/xml/read_test.go
+++ b/xml/read_test.go
@@ -1097,8 +1097,8 @@ func TestCVE202230633(t *testing.T) {
 		Things []string
 	}
 	err := Unmarshal(bytes.Repeat([]byte("<a>"), 17_000_000), &example)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting an error here")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/xml/xml_test.go b/xml/xml_test.go
index 7ec679b..e96cd11 100644
--- a/xml/xml_test.go
+++ b/xml/xml_test.go
@@ -1054,8 +1054,8 @@ func TestTokenUnmarshaler(t *testing.T) {
 
 	d := NewTokenDecoder(tokReader{})
 	err := d.Decode(&Failure{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expecting an error here")
 	}
 }