diff --git a/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
index 47c7e9404..4b83abf15 100644
--- a/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ class RepositoriesMercurialControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
     @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
     User.current = nil
+    @project    = Project.find(PRJ_ID)
     @repository = Repository::Mercurial.create(
-                      :project => Project.find(PRJ_ID),
+                      :project => @project,
                       :url     => REPOSITORY_PATH,
                       :path_encoding => 'ISO-8859-1'
                       )