diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/mockwebserver/MockWebServerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/mockwebserver/MockWebServerTest.java
index a8d5331..64c0f68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/mockwebserver/MockWebServerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/mockwebserver/MockWebServerTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
 
 public final class MockWebServerTest extends TestCase {
 
-    private MockWebServer server = new MockWebServer();
+    private MockWebServer server;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        server = new MockWebServer();
+    }
 
     @Override protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
         server.shutdown();