diff --git a/tests/test_consul.py b/tests/test_consul.py
index 8e55a3eb..8b35457c 100644
--- a/tests/test_consul.py
+++ b/tests/test_consul.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class TestConsul(unittest.TestCase):
             with patch.object(KV, 'put', Mock(side_effect=ConsulException)):
                 self.assertFalse(self.c.update_leader(cluster, 12345))
             mock_time = Mock(side_effect=[0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200, 300])
-            with patch('time.time', mock_time), patch('time.time_ns', mock_time):
+            with patch('time.time', mock_time), patch('time.time_ns', mock_time, create=True):
                 self.assertRaises(ConsulError, self.c.update_leader, cluster, 12345)
         with patch('time.time', Mock(side_effect=[0, 100, 200, 300])):
             self.assertRaises(ConsulError, self.c.update_leader, cluster, 12345)
diff --git a/tests/test_kubernetes.py b/tests/test_kubernetes.py
index becef826..b2cb95a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_kubernetes.py
+++ b/tests/test_kubernetes.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class TestKubernetesEndpoints(BaseTestKubernetes):
                                   k8s_client.rest.ApiException(409, ''), mock_namespaced_kind()]
         mock_read.return_value.metadata.resource_version = '2'
         mock_time = Mock(side_effect=[0, 0, 100, 200, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200])
-        with patch('time.time', mock_time), patch('time.time_ns', mock_time):
+        with patch('time.time', mock_time), patch('time.time_ns', mock_time, create=True):
             self.assertFalse(self.k.update_leader(cluster, '123'))
             self.assertFalse(self.k.update_leader(cluster, '123'))
         mock_patch.side_effect = k8s_client.rest.ApiException(409, '')