diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
index eb1b440e15..7816380b47 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             ({"short_name": orgslug}, courseid)
             for orgslug, courseid in sorted(orgslug_courseid_pairs)
         ]
-        if not confirm_changes(options, orgs, orgslug_courseid_pairs):
+        if not confirm_changes(options, orgs, org_courseid_pairs):
             print("No changes applied.")
             return
         print("Applying changes...")
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         print("Changes applied successfully.")
 
 
-def confirm_changes(options, orgs, orgslug_courseid_pairs):
+def confirm_changes(options, orgs, org_courseid_pairs):
     """
     Should we apply the changes to the database?
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def confirm_changes(options, orgs, orgslug_courseid_pairs):
     if options.get('apply'):
         return True
     organizations_api.bulk_add_organizations(orgs, dry_run=True)
-    organizations_api.bulk_add_organization_courses(orgslug_courseid_pairs, dry_run=True)
+    organizations_api.bulk_add_organization_courses(org_courseid_pairs, dry_run=True)
     if options.get('dry'):
         return False
     answer = ""
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
index 8fc7f61e7b..555a5c9702 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/tests/test_backfill_orgs_and_org_courses.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class BackfillOrgsAndOrgCoursesTest(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
       `course_overviews`, `modulestore`, and `organizations`, respectively.
     """
 
-    def test_end_to_end(self):
+    @ddt.data("--dry", "--apply")
+    def test_end_to_end(self, run_type):
         """
         Test the happy path of the backfill command without any mocking.
         """
@@ -86,20 +87,30 @@ class BackfillOrgsAndOrgCoursesTest(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
         assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_B'))) == 0
 
         # Run the backfill.
-        call_command("backfill_orgs_and_org_courses", "--apply")
+        call_command("backfill_orgs_and_org_courses", run_type)
 
-        # Confirm ending condition:
-        # All five orgs present. Each org a has expected number of org-course linkages.
-        assert set(
-            org["short_name"] for org in get_organizations()
-        ) == {
-            "org_A", "org_B", "org_C", "org_D", "org_E"
-        }
-        assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_A'))) == 2
-        assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_B'))) == 0
-        assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_C'))) == 3
-        assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_D'))) == 1
-        assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_E'))) == 0
+        if run_type == "--dry":
+            # Confirm ending conditions are the same as the starting conditions.
+            assert set(
+                org["short_name"] for org in get_organizations()
+            ) == {
+                "org_A", "org_B"
+            }
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_A'))) == 1
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_B'))) == 0
+        else:
+            # Confirm ending condition:
+            # All five orgs present. Each org a has expected number of org-course linkages.
+            assert set(
+                org["short_name"] for org in get_organizations()
+            ) == {
+                "org_A", "org_B", "org_C", "org_D", "org_E"
+            }
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_A'))) == 2
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_B'))) == 0
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_C'))) == 3
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_D'))) == 1
+            assert len(get_organization_courses(get_organization_by_short_name('org_E'))) == 0
 
     @ddt.data(
         {