diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index cd15149d6e..7e903b0d9f 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function () {
 		var tid1;
 		var tid3;
 		before(function (done) {
-			async.parallel({
+			async.series({
 				topic1: function (next) {
 					topics.post({ uid: adminUid, tags: ['nodebb'], title: 'topic title 1', content: 'topic 1 content', cid: topic.categoryId }, next);
 				},