diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/settings.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/settings.py
index b812c35629..6d0ff850d1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/settings.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/django_comment_client/settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.conf import settings
 
 MAX_COMMENT_DEPTH = None
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/notification_prefs/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/notification_prefs/views.py
index 7db557fa2a..5ee8b1f6fa 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/notification_prefs/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/notification_prefs/views.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Views to support notification preferences.
 """
 
-from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division
 
 import json
 import os