diff --git a/R/pkg/inst/tests/test_sparkSQL.R b/R/pkg/inst/tests/test_sparkSQL.R
index a3039d36c9402..202190389e613 100644
--- a/R/pkg/inst/tests/test_sparkSQL.R
+++ b/R/pkg/inst/tests/test_sparkSQL.R
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ context("SparkSQL functions")
 
 # Utility function for easily checking the values of a StructField
 checkStructField <- function(actual, expectedName, expectedType, expectedNullable) {
-  expect_equal(class(actual), "structField")
-  expect_equal(actual$name(), expectedName)
-  expect_equal(actual$dataType.toString(), expectedType)
-  expect_equal(actual$nullable(), expectedNullable)
+  testthat::expect_equal(class(actual), "structField")
+  testthat::expect_equal(actual$name(), expectedName)
+  testthat::expect_equal(actual$dataType.toString(), expectedType)
+  testthat::expect_equal(actual$nullable(), expectedNullable)
 }
 
 # Tests for SparkSQL functions in SparkR
diff --git a/dev/lint-r.R b/dev/lint-r.R
index dcb1a184291e1..85cfd0bf55997 100644
--- a/dev/lint-r.R
+++ b/dev/lint-r.R
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ library(lintr)
 argv <- commandArgs(TRUE)
 SPARK_ROOT_DIR <- as.character(argv[1])
 
+library(SparkR, lib.loc = file.path(SPARK_ROOT_DIR, "R", "lib"))
 path.to.package <- file.path(SPARK_ROOT_DIR, "R", "pkg")
 lint_package(path.to.package, cache = FALSE)