diff --git a/system/Test/CIDatabaseTestCase.php b/system/Test/CIDatabaseTestCase.php
index 2a911d684d8c..beb9ed857ba0 100644
--- a/system/Test/CIDatabaseTestCase.php
+++ b/system/Test/CIDatabaseTestCase.php
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ protected function setUp()
 			{
 				$this->migrations->setNamespace($this->namespace);
 			}
+			$this->migrations->regress(0, 'tests');
 
 			// Delete all of the tables to ensure we're at a clean start.
 			$tables = $this->db->listTables();
@@ -192,7 +193,6 @@ protected function setUp()
 				}
 			}
 
-			$this->migrations->regress(0, 'tests');
 			$this->migrations->latest('tests');
 		}