diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
index 7916d59726457dd3e75e7ce2327d94a719af7e96..651fbabe8a47061811fcfa67f68978ff527cec72 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/clients/test_attr_wrapper.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class TestAttributeTypes(base.TestCase):
         def configure_for_initialise(self):
             dev_init(self)
 
-    def read_test(self, dev, dtype, test_type):
+    def read_R_test(self, dev, dtype, test_type):
         '''Test device'''
         with DeviceTestContext(dev, process=True) as proxy:
 
@@ -542,13 +542,13 @@ class TestAttributeTypes(base.TestCase):
 
     def test_scalar_R(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_R_test(
                 attribute_type_test['scalar'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'scalar')
 
     def test_scalar_RW(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_RW_test(
                 attribute_type_test['scalar'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'scalar')
 
@@ -566,13 +566,13 @@ class TestAttributeTypes(base.TestCase):
 
     def test_spectrum_R(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_R_test(
                 attribute_type_test['spectrum'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'spectrum')
 
     def test_spectrum_RW(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_RW_test(
                 attribute_type_test['spectrum'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'spectrum')
 
@@ -590,13 +590,13 @@ class TestAttributeTypes(base.TestCase):
 
     def test_image_R(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_R_test(
                 attribute_type_test['image'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'image')
 
     def test_image_RW(self):
         for attribute_type_test in self.attribute_type_tests:
-            self.read_test(
+            self.read_RW_test(
                 attribute_type_test['image'], attribute_type_test['type'],
                 'image')