diff --git a/bench/bench_create.rb b/bench/bench_create.rb
index e6fb72760..508b15c42 100644
--- a/bench/bench_create.rb
+++ b/bench/bench_create.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/bench_model'
 
-puts "Widget.new.valid?"
+puts "Widget.create"
 Benchmark.bm do |make|
   TIMES.times do
     make.report do
-      1_000.times do
+      10_000.times do
         Widget.create!(:name => "bench", :description => "Bench record")
       end
     end
diff --git a/bench/bench_model.rb b/bench/bench_model.rb
index 924ad9b61..9df35dd5d 100644
--- a/bench/bench_model.rb
+++ b/bench/bench_model.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 end
 require 'benchmark'
 
-if defined? RUBY_ENGINE && RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
+if defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
   $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib'
   $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../drivers/mysql/lib'
   $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../adapters/mysql/lib'