diff --git a/mongoengine/context_managers.py b/mongoengine/context_managers.py
index db0830d7..13ed1009 100644
--- a/mongoengine/context_managers.py
+++ b/mongoengine/context_managers.py
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ class query_counter(object):
     def __eq__(self, value):
         """ == Compare querycounter. """
         counter = self._get_count()
-        # Temp debugging to try and understand intermittent travis-ci failures
-        if value != counter:
-            print [x for x in self.db.system.profile.find()]
         return value == counter
 
     def __ne__(self, value):
@@ -225,6 +222,7 @@ class query_counter(object):
 
     def _get_count(self):
         """ Get the number of queries. """
-        count = self.db.system.profile.find().count() - self.counter
+        ignore_query = {"ns": {"$ne": "%s.system.indexes" % self.db.name}}
+        count = self.db.system.profile.find(ignore_query).count() - self.counter
         self.counter += 1
         return count
diff --git a/tests/queryset/queryset.py b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
index 07ddf2d9..21df22c5 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -631,14 +631,13 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(q, 1)  # 1 for the insert
 
         Blog.drop_collection()
+        Blog.ensure_indexes()
+
         with query_counter() as q:
             self.assertEqual(q, 0)
 
-            Blog.ensure_indexes()
-            self.assertEqual(q, 1)
-
             Blog.objects.insert(blogs)
-            self.assertEqual(q, 3)  # 1 for insert, and 1 for in bulk fetch (3 in total)
+            self.assertEqual(q, 2)  # 1 for insert, and 1 for in bulk fetch
 
         Blog.drop_collection()