diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/spam_logs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/spam_logs_controller_spec.rb
index 6beebc362e9..b51b303a714 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/spam_logs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/spam_logs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ describe Admin::SpamLogsController do
 
   describe '#destroy' do
     it 'removes only the spam log when removing log' do
-      expect {
-        delete :destroy, id: first_spam.id
-      }.to change { SpamLog.count }.by(-1)
-
+      expect { delete :destroy, id: first_spam.id }.to change { SpamLog.count }.by(-1)
       expect(User.find(user.id)).to be_truthy
       expect(response.status).to eq(200)
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/issues_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/issues_spec.rb
index dcf1b394a3f..4443036d98f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/issues_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/issues_spec.rb
@@ -249,12 +249,16 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       end
     end
 
-    it "should not create a new project issue" do
-      expect {
-        post api("/projects/#{project.id}/issues", user),
-             title: 'new issue', description: 'content here', labels: 'label, label2'
-      }.not_to change(Issue, :count)
+    let(:params) do
+      {
+        title: 'new issue',
+        description: 'content here',
+        labels: 'label, label2'
+      }
+    end
 
+    it "should not create a new project issue" do
+      expect { post api("/projects/#{project.id}/issues", user), params }.not_to change(Issue, :count)
       expect(response.status).to eq(400)
       expect(json_response['message']).to eq({ "error" => "Spam detected" })