diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
index 8bde0ef8949d76..7d63e8a3cddc42 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def test_invalid_header_names(self):
                             method=method,
                             ):
                         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
-                            getattr(Message(policy=thispolicy), method(name, value))
+                            getattr(Message(policy=thispolicy), method)(name, value)
                         msg = str(cm.exception)
                         self.assertRegex(msg,'(?i)(?=.*invalid)(?=.*header)(?=.*name)')
                         self.assertIn(f"{name!r}", msg)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
index 89bd6d3a93d97c..651d9d027089b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ def test_invalid_header_names(self):
                             method=method,
                             ):
                         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
-                            getattr(EmailMessage(policy=thispolicy), method(name, value))
+                            getattr(EmailMessage(policy=thispolicy), method)(name, value)
                         msg = str(cm.exception)
                         self.assertRegex( msg, '(?i)(?=.*invalid)(?=.*header)(?=.*name)')
                         self.assertIn(f"{name!r}", msg)