diff --git a/obis/src/python/obis/dm/data_mgmt_test.py b/obis/src/python/obis/dm/data_mgmt_test.py
index b873c0ff3e7bb7ef77c8a80e1480141e73ae0714..f6bad774e76236c89ce21b06f1e8a1772dd8acd4 100644
--- a/obis/src/python/obis/dm/data_mgmt_test.py
+++ b/obis/src/python/obis/dm/data_mgmt_test.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def test_undo_commit_when_sync_fails(tmpdir):
     dm.git_wrapper.git_top_level_path = MagicMock(return_value = CommandResult(returncode=0, output=None))
     dm.git_wrapper.git_add = MagicMock(return_value = CommandResult(returncode=0, output=None))
     dm.git_wrapper.git_commit = MagicMock(return_value = CommandResult(returncode=0, output=None))
-    dm._sync = lambda: CommandResult(returncode=-1, output="dummy error")
+    dm._sync = lambda *args: CommandResult(returncode=-1, output="dummy error")
     # when
     result = dm.commit("Added data.")
     # then