diff --git a/tests/git_cl_test.py b/tests/git_cl_test.py
index ed1d7a563..0c5bd373c 100755
--- a/tests/git_cl_test.py
+++ b/tests/git_cl_test.py
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ class TestGitCl(TestCase):
       ((['get_or_create_merge_base', 'master', 'master'],),
        'fake_ancestor_sha'),
       ((['git', 'config', 'gerrit.host'],), ''),
-      ((['git', 'config', 'branch.master.rietveldissue'],), ''),
       ] + cls._git_sanity_checks('fake_ancestor_sha', 'master') + [
       ((['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-cdup'],), ''),
       ((['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'],), '12345'),
       ((['git', 'diff', '--name-status', '--no-renames', '-r',
          'fake_ancestor_sha...', '.'],),
         'M\t.gitignore\n'),
+      ((['git', 'config', 'branch.master.rietveldissue'],), ''),
       ((['git', 'config', 'branch.master.rietveldpatchset'],),
        ''),
       ((['git', 'log', '--pretty=format:%s%n%n%b',