diff --git a/src/test/bench/core-std.rs b/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
index 535b76bc94b..a7312cc8320 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn maybe_run_test(argv: &[~str], name: ~str, test: fn()) {
 
     if os::getenv(~"RUST_BENCH").is_some() { run_test = true }
     else if argv.len() > 0 {
-        run_test = argv.contains(~"all") || argv.contains(name)
+        run_test = argv.contains(&~"all") || argv.contains(&name)
     }
 
     if !run_test { return }
diff --git a/src/test/bench/graph500-bfs.rs b/src/test/bench/graph500-bfs.rs
index 89ca8eadde4..61d556b4613 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/graph500-bfs.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/graph500-bfs.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ fn validate(edges: ~[(node_id, node_id)],
             true
         }
         else {
-            edges.contains((u, v)) || edges.contains((v, u))
+            edges.contains(&(u, v)) || edges.contains(&(v, u))
         }
     };