diff --git a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/helpers/testing_helpers.py b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/helpers/testing_helpers.py
index 6c76e6e9f645a..b4c490bcd684c 100644
--- a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/helpers/testing_helpers.py
+++ b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/helpers/testing_helpers.py
@@ -664,7 +664,9 @@ def handle_method(
         )
 
         if init_num_positional_args is None:
-            init_num_positional_args = num_positional_args(fn_name=init_tree)
+            init_num_positional_args = num_positional_args(
+                fn_name=method_tree.rpartition(".")[0]
+            )
 
         possible_arguments["init_flags"] = pf.init_method_flags(
             num_positional_args=init_num_positional_args,
@@ -673,10 +675,7 @@ def handle_method(
             precision_mode=_get_runtime_flag_value(precision_mode),
         )
 
-        if method_num_positional_args is None:
-            method_num_positional_args = num_positional_args_method(
-                method=callable_method
-            )
+        method_num_positional_args = num_positional_args_method(method=callable_method)
 
         possible_arguments["method_flags"] = pf.method_flags(
             num_positional_args=method_num_positional_args,
diff --git a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_stateful/test_activations.py b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_stateful/test_activations.py
index 6a1892b165c6f..e6103ac963198 100644
--- a/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_stateful/test_activations.py
+++ b/ivy_tests/test_ivy/test_stateful/test_activations.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
         small_abs_safety_factor=8,
         safety_factor_scale="log",
     ),
-    method_num_positional_args=helpers.num_positional_args(fn_name="ELU._forward"),
+    method_num_positional_args=helpers.num_positional_args_method(
+        method="ELU._forward"
+    ),
     test_gradients=st.just(True),
     alpha=helpers.floats(min_value=0.1, max_value=1),
 )
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ def test_elu(
         method_flags=method_flags,
         init_input_dtypes=input_dtype,
         method_input_dtypes=input_dtype,
-        init_all_as_kwargs_np={},
-        method_all_as_kwargs_np={"x": x[0], "alpha": alpha},
+        init_all_as_kwargs_np={"alpha": alpha},
+        method_all_as_kwargs_np={"x": x[0]},
         class_name=class_name,
         method_name=method_name,
         rtol_=1e-2,