diff --git a/tests/test_cursor.py b/tests/test_cursor.py
index 36d665ab..c35d26ca 100755
--- a/tests/test_cursor.py
+++ b/tests/test_cursor.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class CursorTests(ConnectingTestCase):
 
     @skip_before_postgres(8, 0)
     def test_scroll_named(self):
-        cur = self.conn.cursor()
+        cur = self.conn.cursor('tmp', scrollable=True)
         cur.execute("select generate_series(0,9)")
         cur.scroll(2)
         self.assertEqual(cur.fetchone(), (2,))
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@ class CursorTests(ConnectingTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cur.fetchone(), (8,))
         cur.scroll(9, mode='absolute')
         self.assertEqual(cur.fetchone(), (9,))
-        self.assertRaises((IndexError, psycopg2.ProgrammingError),
-            cur.scroll, 10, mode='absolute')
 
 
 def test_suite():