diff --git a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1129CodeFixProvider.cs b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1129CodeFixProvider.cs
index 85e624ae5..fea369877 100644
--- a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1129CodeFixProvider.cs
+++ b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1129CodeFixProvider.cs
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ private static bool IsEnumWithDefaultMember(INamedTypeSymbol namedTypeSymbol, ou
         /// <returns>A new member access expression.</returns>
         private static SyntaxNode ConstructMemberAccessSyntax(TypeSyntax typeSyntax, string memberName)
         {
+            // NOTE: This creates the correct source code when applied, but these are not necessarily the syntax
+            // nodes that the compiler would create from that source code. For example, the type syntax can
+            // contain QualifiedName nodes, whereas the compiler would have created SimpleMemberAccessExpression instead.
+            // This means that the validation that happens in the tests need to be turned off for some tests.
+            // We could have transformed the nodes to match, but we keep the code simple instead.
             return SyntaxFactory.MemberAccessExpression(
                 SyntaxKind.SimpleMemberAccessExpression,
                 typeSyntax,
diff --git a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1131CodeFixProvider.cs b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1131CodeFixProvider.cs
index a1fb6e336..02d9bc576 100644
--- a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1131CodeFixProvider.cs
+++ b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.CodeFixes/ReadabilityRules/SA1131CodeFixProvider.cs
@@ -66,33 +66,48 @@ private static async Task<Document> GetTransformedDocumentAsync(Document documen
 
         private static BinaryExpressionSyntax TransformExpression(BinaryExpressionSyntax binaryExpression)
         {
+            // NOTE: This code also changes the syntax node kind, besides the operator token. The modified source code would
+            // have been the same without this, but we do this to make tests pass with the default CodeActionValidationMode.
             var newLeft = binaryExpression.Right.WithTriviaFrom(binaryExpression.Left);
             var newRight = binaryExpression.Left.WithTriviaFrom(binaryExpression.Right);
-            return binaryExpression.WithLeft(newLeft).WithRight(newRight).WithOperatorToken(GetCorrectOperatorToken(binaryExpression.OperatorToken));
+            GetReplacementInfo(binaryExpression.OperatorToken, out var newOperatorToken, out var newNodeKind);
+            return SyntaxFactory.BinaryExpression(newNodeKind, newLeft, newOperatorToken, newRight);
         }
 
-        private static SyntaxToken GetCorrectOperatorToken(SyntaxToken operatorToken)
+        private static void GetReplacementInfo(SyntaxToken operatorToken, out SyntaxToken newToken, out SyntaxKind newNodeKind)
         {
             switch (operatorToken.Kind())
             {
             case SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsToken:
             case SyntaxKind.ExclamationEqualsToken:
-                return operatorToken;
+                newToken = operatorToken;
+                newNodeKind = operatorToken.Parent.Kind();
+                break;
 
             case SyntaxKind.GreaterThanToken:
-                return SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.LessThanToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newToken = SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.LessThanToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newNodeKind = SyntaxKind.LessThanExpression;
+                break;
 
             case SyntaxKind.GreaterThanEqualsToken:
-                return SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.LessThanEqualsToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newToken = SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.LessThanEqualsToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newNodeKind = SyntaxKind.LessThanOrEqualExpression;
+                break;
 
             case SyntaxKind.LessThanToken:
-                return SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.GreaterThanToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newToken = SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.GreaterThanToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newNodeKind = SyntaxKind.GreaterThanExpression;
+                break;
 
             case SyntaxKind.LessThanEqualsToken:
-                return SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.GreaterThanEqualsToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newToken = SyntaxFactory.Token(operatorToken.LeadingTrivia, SyntaxKind.GreaterThanEqualsToken, operatorToken.TrailingTrivia);
+                newNodeKind = SyntaxKind.GreaterThanOrEqualExpression;
+                break;
 
             default:
-                return SyntaxFactory.Token(SyntaxKind.None);
+                newToken = SyntaxFactory.Token(SyntaxKind.None);
+                newNodeKind = (SyntaxKind)operatorToken.Parent.RawKind;
+                break;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/ReadabilityRules/SA1129UnitTests.cs b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/ReadabilityRules/SA1129UnitTests.cs
index 35a5709ca..3cfff7e47 100644
--- a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/ReadabilityRules/SA1129UnitTests.cs
+++ b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/ReadabilityRules/SA1129UnitTests.cs
@@ -406,7 +406,12 @@ public void TestMethod()
 }}
 ";
 
-            await VerifyCSharpFixAsync(testCode, DiagnosticResult.EmptyDiagnosticResults, fixedTestCode, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await new CSharpTest
+            {
+                TestCode = testCode,
+                FixedCode = fixedTestCode,
+                CodeActionValidationMode = CodeActionValidationMode.None, // Differences in syntax nodes (SimpleMemberAccessExpression vs QualifiedName)
+            }.RunAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/Verifiers/StyleCopCodeFixVerifier`2.cs b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/Verifiers/StyleCopCodeFixVerifier`2.cs
index 5f9be5385..3da289f01 100644
--- a/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/Verifiers/StyleCopCodeFixVerifier`2.cs
+++ b/StyleCop.Analyzers/StyleCop.Analyzers.Test/Verifiers/StyleCopCodeFixVerifier`2.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public CSharpTest(LanguageVersion? languageVersion)
                     .WithChangedOption(FormattingOptions.UseTabs, this.Language, this.UseTabs));
 
                 this.TestState.AdditionalFilesFactories.Add(GenerateSettingsFile);
-                this.CodeActionValidationMode = CodeActionValidationMode.None;
+                this.CodeActionValidationMode = CodeActionValidationMode.SemanticStructure;
 
                 this.SolutionTransforms.Add((solution, projectId) =>
                 {