diff --git a/test/ganeti.locking_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.locking_unittest.py
index 79c48888ec7d059f3c5d555ffcd412ecf397f5e1..3a77bc0f7ac95c17209e110b8f26401676885c36 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.locking_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.locking_unittest.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class _ThreadedTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
   """Test class that supports adding/waiting on threads"""
   def setUp(self):
     unittest.TestCase.setUp(self)
+    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
     self.threads = []
 
   def _addThread(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ class TestPipeCondition(_ThreadedTestCase):
     _ThreadedTestCase.setUp(self)
     self.lock = threading.Lock()
     self.cond = locking._PipeCondition(self.lock)
-    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
 
   def testAcquireRelease(self):
     self.assert_(not self.cond._is_owned())
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ class TestSharedLock(_ThreadedTestCase):
   def setUp(self):
     _ThreadedTestCase.setUp(self)
     self.sl = locking.SharedLock()
-    # helper threads use the 'done' queue to tell the master they finished.
-    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
 
   def testSequenceAndOwnership(self):
     self.assert_(not self.sl._is_owned())
@@ -725,8 +723,6 @@ class TestSSynchronizedDecorator(_ThreadedTestCase):
 
   def setUp(self):
     _ThreadedTestCase.setUp(self)
-    # helper threads use the 'done' queue to tell the master they finished.
-    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
 
   @locking.ssynchronized(_decoratorlock)
   def _doItExclusive(self):
@@ -785,8 +781,6 @@ class TestLockSet(_ThreadedTestCase):
   def setUp(self):
     _ThreadedTestCase.setUp(self)
     self._setUpLS()
-    # helper threads use the 'done' queue to tell the master they finished.
-    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
 
   def _setUpLS(self):
     """Helper to (re)initialize the lock set"""
@@ -1138,7 +1132,6 @@ class TestGanetiLockManager(_ThreadedTestCase):
     self.instances=['i1', 'i2', 'i3']
     self.GL = locking.GanetiLockManager(nodes=self.nodes,
                                         instances=self.instances)
-    self.done = Queue.Queue(0)
 
   def tearDown(self):
     # Don't try this at home...