diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
index 3adb10964af..6a1896a266b 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ class GZipMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r.get('Content-Encoding'), None)
 
 
-@override_settings(USE_ETAGS=True)
 class ETagGZipMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
     """
     Tests if the ETag middleware behaves correctly with GZip middleware.
@@ -611,3 +610,6 @@ class ETagGZipMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         nogzip_etag = response.get('ETag')
 
         self.assertNotEqual(gzip_etag, nogzip_etag)
+ETagGZipMiddlewareTest = override_settings(
+    USE_ETAGS=True,
+)(ETagGZipMiddlewareTest)