diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/backends/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/backends/tests.py
index 7a0038a286..03cc526fe5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/backends/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/backends/tests.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class LongString(unittest.TestCase):
             c.execute('INSERT INTO ltext VALUES (%s)',[long_str])
             c.execute('SELECT text FROM ltext')
             row = c.fetchone()
-            c.execute('DROP TABLE ltext')
             self.assertEquals(long_str, row[0].read())
+            c.execute('DROP TABLE ltext')
 
 class DateQuotingTest(TestCase):