--- a/tests/src/change-collection-owner.test.ts
+++ b/tests/src/change-collection-owner.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
   enableWhiteListExpectSuccess,
   setMintPermissionExpectSuccess,
   destroyCollectionExpectSuccess,
+  setCollectionSponsorExpectFailure,
+  confirmSponsorshipExpectFailure,
+  removeCollectionSponsorExpectFailure,
+  enableWhiteListExpectFail,
+  setMintPermissionExpectFailure,
+  destroyCollectionExpectFailure,
 } from './util/helpers';
 
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@
       await submitTransactionAsync(alice, changeOwnerTx);
 
       const badChangeOwnerTx = api.tx.nft.changeCollectionOwner(collectionId, alice.address);
-      await expect(submitTransactionAsync(alice, badChangeOwnerTx)).to.be.rejected;
+      await expect(submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(alice, badChangeOwnerTx)).to.be.rejected;
 
       const collectionAfterOwnerChange: any = (await api.query.nft.collectionById(collectionId)).toJSON();
       expect(collectionAfterOwnerChange.Owner).to.be.deep.eq(bob.address);
@@ -169,14 +175,14 @@
       await submitTransactionAsync(alice, changeOwnerTx);
 
       const badChangeOwnerTx = api.tx.nft.changeCollectionOwner(collectionId, alice.address);
-      await expect(submitTransactionAsync(alice, badChangeOwnerTx)).to.be.rejected;
+      await expect(submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(alice, badChangeOwnerTx)).to.be.rejected;
 
       const collectionAfterOwnerChange: any = (await api.query.nft.collectionById(collectionId)).toJSON();
       expect(collectionAfterOwnerChange.Owner).to.be.deep.eq(bob.address);
 
-      await expect(setCollectionSponsorExpectSuccess(collectionId, charlie.address, '//Alice')).to.be.rejected;
-      await expect(confirmSponsorshipExpectSuccess(collectionId, '//Alice')).to.be.rejected;
-      await expect(removeCollectionSponsorExpectSuccess(collectionId, '//Alice')).to.be.rejected;
+      await setCollectionSponsorExpectFailure(collectionId, charlie.address, '//Alice');
+      await confirmSponsorshipExpectFailure(collectionId, '//Alice');
+      await removeCollectionSponsorExpectFailure(collectionId, '//Alice');
 
       const collectionLimits = {
         AccountTokenOwnershipLimit: 1,
@@ -190,11 +196,11 @@
         collectionId,
         collectionLimits,
       );
-      await expect(submitTransactionAsync(alice, tx1)).to.be.rejected;
+      await expect(submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(alice, tx1)).to.be.rejected;
 
-      await expect(enableWhiteListExpectSuccess(alice, collectionId)).to.be.rejected;
-      await expect(setMintPermissionExpectSuccess(alice, collectionId, true)).to.be.rejected;
-      await expect(destroyCollectionExpectSuccess(collectionId, '//Alice')).to.be.rejected;
+      await enableWhiteListExpectFail(alice, collectionId);
+      await setMintPermissionExpectFailure(alice, collectionId, true);
+      await destroyCollectionExpectFailure(collectionId, '//Alice');
     });
   });
 });
--- a/tests/src/util/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/src/util/helpers.ts
@@ -1006,10 +1006,31 @@
   });
 }
 
+export async function setPublicAccessModeExpectFail(
+  sender: IKeyringPair, collectionId: number,
+  accessMode: 'Normal' | 'WhiteList',
+) {
+  await usingApi(async (api) => {
+
+    // Run the transaction
+    const tx = api.tx.nft.setPublicAccessMode(collectionId, accessMode);
+    const events = await expect(submitTransactionExpectFailAsync(sender, tx)).to.be.rejected;
+    const result = getGenericResult(events);
+
+    // What to expect
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+    expect(result.success).to.be.false;
+  });
+}
+
 export async function enableWhiteListExpectSuccess(sender: IKeyringPair, collectionId: number) {
   await setPublicAccessModeExpectSuccess(sender, collectionId, 'WhiteList');
 }
 
+export async function enableWhiteListExpectFail(sender: IKeyringPair, collectionId: number) {
+  await setPublicAccessModeExpectFail(sender, collectionId, 'WhiteList');
+}
+
 export async function disableWhiteListExpectSuccess(sender: IKeyringPair, collectionId: number) {
   await setPublicAccessModeExpectSuccess(sender, collectionId, 'Normal');
 }