diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/fields.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/fields.py
index 891f183d18..766e6a928c 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/fields.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/fields.py
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ class FieldsMixin(object):
         self.wait_for_field(field_id)
         # pylint: disable=unicode-format-string
         query = self.q(css=six.u('.u-field-{} .u-field-title').format(field_id))
-        return sorted(query.text)[0] if query.present else None
+        return query.text[0] if query.present else None
 
     def message_for_field(self, field_id):
         """
         Return the current message in a field.
         """
         self.wait_for_field(field_id)
-
-        query = self.q(css=u'.u-field-{} .u-field-message'.format(field_id))
+        # pylint: disable=unicode-format-string
+        query = self.q(css=six.u('.u-field-{} .u-field-message'.format(field_id)))
         return query.text[0] if query.present else None
 
     def message_for_textarea_field(self, field_id):
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ class FieldsMixin(object):
         Get or set the value of a text field.
         """
         self.wait_for_field(field_id)
-
-        query = self.q(css=u'.u-field-{} input'.format(field_id))
+        # pylint: disable=unicode-format-string
+        query = self.q(css=six.u('.u-field-{} input'.format(field_id)))
         if not query.present:
             return None
 
@@ -249,3 +249,10 @@ class FieldsMixin(object):
         """
         query = self.q(css=u'.u-field-{}.error'.format(field_id))
         return True if query.present else False
+
+    def get_social_first_element(self):
+        """
+        Returns the title of first social media link.
+        """
+        query = self.q(css=six.u('.u-field-social_links > .field > .field-label'))
+        return query[0].text
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
index 80d0740167..a0a361e460 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
@@ -408,12 +408,18 @@ class AccountSettingsPageTest(AccountSettingsTestMixin, AcceptanceTest):
         """
         Test behaviour of one of the social media links field.
         """
+        first_social_media_link = self.account_settings_page.get_social_first_element()
+
+        valid_value = six.u('https://www.twitter.com/edX')
+        if 'face' in first_social_media_link.lower():
+            valid_value = six.u('https://www.facebook.com/edX')
+
         self._test_text_field(
             six.u('social_links'),
-            six.u('Facebook Link'),
+            first_social_media_link,
             self.social_link,
             six.u('www.google.com/invalidlink)'),
-            [six.u('https://www.twitter.com/edX'), self.social_link],
+            [valid_value, self.social_link],
         )
 
     def test_linked_accounts(self):