diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorCollectionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorCollectionTest.php
index 9f10b95e43..981fabaf6e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorCollectionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorCollectionTest.php
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ abstract class PropertyAccessorCollectionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCas
      */
     public function testSetValueThrowsExceptionIfArrayAccessExpected()
     {
-        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue(new \stdClass(), '[firstName]', 'Bernhard');
+        $object = new \stdClass();
+
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($object, '[firstName]', 'Bernhard');
     }
 
     public function testSetValueCallsAdderAndRemoverForCollections()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
index 6e1a5ed3dc..a06497c774 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ class PropertyAccessorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     public function testSetValueThrowsExceptionIfGetterIsNotPublic()
     {
-        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue(new Author(), 'privateSetter', 'foobar');
+        $object = new Author();
+
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($object, 'privateSetter', 'foobar');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -414,7 +416,9 @@ class PropertyAccessorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     public function testThrowTypeError()
     {
-        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue(new TypeHinted(), 'date', 'This is a string, \DateTime expected.');
+        $object = new TypeHinted();
+
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($object, 'date', 'This is a string, \DateTime expected.');
     }
 
     public function testSetTypeHint()