diff --git a/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php b/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
index fe75054e949..ce516e478f4 100644
--- a/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/TestSuite/TestCase.php
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ public function getMockForModel($alias, array $methods = [], array $options = []
             }
         }
 
-        if (stripos($mock->table(), 'mock') === 0) {
-            $mock->table(Inflector::tableize($baseClass));
+        if (stripos($mock->getTable(), 'mock') === 0) {
+            $mock->setTable(Inflector::tableize($baseClass));
         }
 
         TableRegistry::set($baseClass, $mock);