diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/SNMP_mib_loading/TEST-MIB.mib b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/SNMP_mib_loading/TEST-MIB.mib
index 62e736ed233e9279fe82efe4d6f4a4b574fc403b..50465c8fba24b46865ef43124ea43e29b0d863fc 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/SNMP_mib_loading/TEST-MIB.mib
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/SNMP_mib_loading/TEST-MIB.mib
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ TestVal       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { testMib 1 }
 
 testNamedValue OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX INTEGER {
-     A    (1),
-     B    (2),
+     test_name    (1),
+     other_name    (2),
    }
     MAX-ACCESS  read-write
     STATUS      current
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_mib_loading.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_mib_loading.py
index d8f47b51369999c6a85180e6259d425dcbbe21c6..5877315f6538cc6ea7c6784d990f93898f62b553 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_mib_loading.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_mib_loading.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TestMibLoading(base.TestCase):
         # The expected testNamedValue parameters as written in TEST-MIB.mib
         testNamedValue_oid = "1.3.99.1.99"
         testNamedValue = "testNamedValue"
-        testNamedValue_named = "A"
+        testNamedValue_named = "test_name"
         testNamedValue_value = 1
 
         # get testValue and set a value of 1