diff --git a/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py b/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
index ad9f94e948..230e01524b 100644
--- a/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
+++ b/tests/test_lazy_json_backends.py
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ def test_github_hmset(caplog) -> None:
 
 
 def test_github_hset(caplog) -> None:
-    backend = GithubLazyJsonBackend()
     caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+    backend = GithubLazyJsonBackend()
     backend.hset("name", "key", "value")
 
     assert "Write operations to the GitHub online backend are ignored." in caplog.text