diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
index dab733ea77..714c9b30af 100644
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
+++ b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TestMbox(base.Base):
                 " for master branch. Target detected is %s"
                 % PatchtestParser.repo.patch.branch
             )
-        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged:
+        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged():
             commithash, author, date, shortlog = headlog()
             self.fail(
                 "Series does not apply on top of target branch %s"
diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata.py
index 2dee80b002..63d01819e7 100644
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestMetadata(base.Metadata):
 
     def pretest_src_uri_left_files(self):
         # these tests just make sense on patches that can be merged
-        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged:
+        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged():
             self.skip("Patch cannot be merged")
         if not self.modified:
             self.skip('No modified recipes, skipping pretest')
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class TestMetadata(base.Metadata):
 
     def test_src_uri_left_files(self):
         # these tests just make sense on patches that can be merged
-        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged:
+        if not PatchtestParser.repo.canbemerged():
             self.skip("Patch cannot be merged")
         if not self.modified:
             self.skip('No modified recipes, skipping pretest')