diff --git a/tests/test_engines.py b/tests/test_engines.py
index 8818815..47b4cd6 100644
--- a/tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/tests/test_engines.py
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ class DistributedTestCase(_EnginesHelperTestCase):
         return TestDistributedModel
 
     def test_bad_cluster_name(self):
-        d_model = self._create_distributed('cluster_name')
         with self.assertRaises(ServerError) as cm:
+            d_model = self._create_distributed('cluster_name')
             self.database.count(d_model)
 
         exc = cm.exception