diff --git a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_directory.py b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_directory.py
index 4f4e8713c010b4e1b5e1f5c0bb4804ae25c80865..2daba7aa61853d96b5281644377e0cd9679a33a5 100644
--- a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_directory.py
+++ b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_directory.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_loader_git_directory_hash_mismatch(swh_storage, datadir, tmp_path):
     actual_result = loader.load()
 
     # Ingestion fails because the checks failed
-    assert actual_result == {"status": "failed"}
+    assert actual_result["status"] == "failed"
     assert get_stats(swh_storage) == {
         "content": 0,
         "directory": 0,
diff --git a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_from_disk.py b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_from_disk.py
index 1de43661b1901398d3fdfde9346b9764a9c75252..b4191278134487036b84dbfa52f06b53008a9dcc 100644
--- a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_from_disk.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CommonGitLoaderTests:
         self.loader.get_contents = None
 
         res = self.loader.load()
-        assert res == {"status": "failed"}
+        assert res["status"] == "failed"
 
         assert_last_visit_matches(
             self.loader.storage,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class CommonGitLoaderTests:
         )
 
         res = self.loader.load()
-        assert res == {"status": "failed"}
+        assert res["status"] == "failed"
 
         assert_last_visit_matches(
             self.loader.storage,
diff --git a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_loader.py b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_loader.py
index f54b16e13cf779f20295f583fb3e56deec775b9b..41fa0d5e23df5b567ffb87534e22a349ae122995 100644
--- a/swh/loader/git/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/git/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class CommonGitLoaderNotFound:
         mock.side_effect = failure_exception
 
         res = self.loader.load()
-        assert res == {"status": "failed"}
+        assert res["status"] == "failed"
 
         assert_last_visit_matches(
             self.loader.storage,
@@ -405,11 +405,11 @@ class TestGitLoader(FullGitLoaderTests, CommonGitLoaderNotFound):
             corrupted_release = attr.evolve(release, id=b"\x00" * 20)
             release_get = mocker.patch.object(self.loader.storage, "release_get")
             release_get.return_value = [corrupted_release]
-            assert self.loader.load() == {"status": "failed"}
+            assert self.loader.load()["status"] == "failed"
         elif missing_object:
             revision_get = mocker.patch.object(self.loader.storage, "revision_get")
             revision_get.return_value = [None]
-            assert self.loader.load() == {"status": "failed"}
+            assert self.loader.load()["status"] == "failed"
             assert list(
                 sorted(
                     [c for c in statsd_calls if c[1][0] == statsd_metric],
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class TestGitLoader(FullGitLoaderTests, CommonGitLoaderNotFound):
         # set max pack size to a really small value
         self.loader.pack_size_bytes = 10
         res = self.loader.load()
-        assert res == {"status": "failed"}
+        assert res["status"] == "failed"
         assert sentry_events
         assert sentry_events[0]["level"] == "error"
         assert sentry_events[0]["exception"]["values"][0]["value"].startswith(
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ class TestDumbGitLoaderWithPack(DumbGitLoaderTestBase):
         # set max pack size to a really small value
         self.loader.pack_size_bytes = 10
         res = self.loader.load()
-        assert res == {"status": "failed"}
+        assert res["status"] == "failed"
         assert sentry_events
         assert sentry_events[0]["level"] == "error"
         assert sentry_events[0]["exception"]["values"][0]["value"].startswith(
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ def test_loader_too_large_pack_file_for_github_origin(
         return_value=[metadata],
     )
 
-    assert loader.load() == {"status": "failed"}
+    assert loader.load()["status"] == "failed"
 
     assert sentry_events
     assert sentry_events[0]["level"] == "error"