diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index dcec65b..6143be6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@
         base_name = os.path.join(tmpdir2, 'archive')
 
         # working with relative paths to avoid tar warnings
-        make_archive(splitdrive(base_name)[1], 'gztar', root_dir, '.')
+        tarball = make_archive(splitdrive(base_name)[1], 'gztar', root_dir, '.')
 
         # check if the compressed tarball was created
-        tarball = base_name + '.tar.gz'
+        self.assertEqual(tarball, base_name + '.tar.gz')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(tarball))
         self.assertTrue(tarfile.is_tarfile(tarball))
         with tarfile.open(tarball, 'r:gz') as tf:
@@ -397,9 +397,8 @@
                               './sub', './sub/file3', './sub2'])
 
         # trying an uncompressed one
-        base_name = os.path.join(tmpdir2, 'archive')
-        make_archive(splitdrive(base_name)[1], 'tar', root_dir, '.')
-        tarball = base_name + '.tar'
+        tarball = make_archive(splitdrive(base_name)[1], 'tar', root_dir, '.')
+        self.assertEqual(tarball, base_name + '.tar')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(tarball))
         self.assertTrue(tarfile.is_tarfile(tarball))
         with tarfile.open(tarball, 'r') as tf:
@@ -434,10 +433,10 @@
     def test_tarfile_vs_tar(self):
         root_dir, base_dir = self._create_files()
         base_name = os.path.join(self.mkdtemp(), 'archive')
-        make_archive(base_name, 'gztar', root_dir, base_dir)
+        tarball = make_archive(base_name, 'gztar', root_dir, base_dir)
 
         # check if the compressed tarball was created
-        tarball = base_name + '.tar.gz'
+        self.assertEqual(tarball, base_name + '.tar.gz')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(tarball))
 
         # now create another tarball using `tar`
@@ -451,13 +450,14 @@
         self.assertEqual(self._tarinfo(tarball), self._tarinfo(tarball2))
 
         # trying an uncompressed one
-        make_archive(base_name, 'tar', root_dir, base_dir)
-        tarball = base_name + '.tar'
+        tarball = make_archive(base_name, 'tar', root_dir, base_dir)
+        self.assertEqual(tarball, base_name + '.tar')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(tarball))
 
         # now for a dry_run
-        make_archive(base_name, 'tar', root_dir, base_dir, dry_run=True)
-        tarball = base_name + '.tar'
+        tarball = make_archive(base_name, 'tar', root_dir, base_dir,
+                               dry_run=True)
+        self.assertEqual(tarball, base_name + '.tar')
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(tarball))
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(zlib, "Requires zlib")