diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
index a4324a748ae32..970594c7fa10c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
@@ -835,9 +835,9 @@ class MQTTStreamTests(PySparkStreamingTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(MQTTStreamTests, self).setUp()
 
-        utilsClz = self.ssc._jvm.java.lang.Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() \
+        MQTTTestUtilsClz = self.ssc._jvm.java.lang.Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() \
             .loadClass("org.apache.spark.streaming.mqtt.MQTTTestUtils")
-        self._utils = utilsClz.newInstance()
+        self._MQTTTestUtils = MQTTTestUtilsClz.newInstance()
         self._MQTTTestUtils.setup()
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
     def _randomTopic(self):
         return "topic-%d" % random.randint(0, 10000)
 
-    def _validateStreamResult(self, sendData, stream):
+    def _validateStreamResult(self, sendData, dstream):
         result = []
 
         def get_output(_, rdd):
@@ -862,16 +862,15 @@ def get_output(_, rdd):
         self.assertEqual(sendData, receiveData)
 
     def test_mqtt_stream(self):
-        """Test the Python Kafka stream API."""
+        """Test the Python MQTT stream API."""
         topic = self._randomTopic()
         sendData = "MQTT demo for spark streaming"
         ssc = self.ssc
 
-        self._MQTTTestUtils.createTopic(topic)
         self._MQTTTestUtils.waitForReceiverToStart(ssc)
         self._MQTTTestUtils.publishData(topic, sendData)
 
-        stream = MQTTUtils.createStream(ssc, "tcp://" + MQTTTestUtils.brokerUri, topic)
+        stream = MQTTUtils.createStream(ssc, "tcp://" + self._MQTTTestUtils.brokerUri(), topic)
         self._validateStreamResult(sendData, stream)