diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vca.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vca.py
index ac13d0b0aa..4adc3fd07b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vca.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vca.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def vca_login(module):
     if service_type == 'vchs':
         version = '5.6'
     elif service_type == 'vcd' and not version:
-        version == '5.6'
+        version = '5.6'
 
     vca = VCA(host=host, username=username,
               service_type=SERVICE_MAP[service_type],
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py
index f4a0d77500..4d393a405b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def create(module, names=[], flavor=None, image=None, meta={}, key_name=None,
                 try:
                     server.get()
                 except:
-                    server.status == 'ERROR'
+                    server.status = 'ERROR'
 
             if not filter(lambda s: s.status not in FINAL_STATUSES,
                           servers):
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def create(module, names=[], flavor=None, image=None, meta={}, key_name=None,
         try:
             server.get()
         except:
-            server.status == 'ERROR'
+            server.status = 'ERROR'
         instance = rax_to_dict(server, 'server')
         if server.status == 'ACTIVE' or not wait:
             success.append(instance)