diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTest.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTest.scala
index 67a09b9bf520..57d66c60b690 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTest.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTest.scala
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ trait ErrorMessagesTest extends DottyTest {
       }
   }
 
-  def checkMessages(source: String): Report = {
-    checkCompile("frontend", source) { (_,ictx) => () }
+  def checkMessagesAfter(checkAfterPhase: String)(source: String): Report = {
+    checkCompile(checkAfterPhase, source) { (_,ictx) => () }
     val rep = ctx.reporter.asInstanceOf[CapturingReporter].toReport
     ctx = freshReporter(ctx)
     rep
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
index 59391cf90dc7..f43d559d4aa1 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ class ErrorMessagesTests extends ErrorMessagesTest {
   // In the case where there are no errors, we can do "expectNoErrors" in the
   // `Report`
   @Test def noErrors =
-    checkMessages("""class Foo""")
+    checkMessagesAfter("frontend")("""class Foo""")
     .expectNoErrors
 
   @Test def typeMismatch =
-    checkMessages {
+    checkMessagesAfter("frontend") {
       """
       |object Foo {
       |  def bar: String = 1