diff --git a/corehq/ex-submodules/casexml/apps/case/tests/test_multimedia.py b/corehq/ex-submodules/casexml/apps/case/tests/test_multimedia.py
index d8e14960fb5c..45db9c8503ef 100644
--- a/corehq/ex-submodules/casexml/apps/case/tests/test_multimedia.py
+++ b/corehq/ex-submodules/casexml/apps/case/tests/test_multimedia.py
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ def setUp(self):
         super(CaseMultimediaS3DBTest, self).setUp()
         with trap_extra_setup(AttributeError, msg="S3_BLOB_DB_SETTINGS not configured"):
             config = settings.S3_BLOB_DB_SETTINGS
-            self.s3db = TemporaryS3BlobDB(config)
-            assert get_blob_db() is self.s3db, (get_blob_db(), self.s3db)
+
+        self.s3db = TemporaryS3BlobDB(config)
+        assert get_blob_db() is self.s3db, (get_blob_db(), self.s3db)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.s3db.close()