diff --git a/tests/test_time.py b/tests/test_time.py
index af1666f692b..a93c352274e 100644
--- a/tests/test_time.py
+++ b/tests/test_time.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def test_no_shuffle(self):
         """
         Testing the staged activation without shuffling.
         """
-        a = SomeModel()
+        a = SomeModel(shuffle=False)
         print(a)
         model = MockModel(shuffle=False)
         model.step()