diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py b/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
index d2bf9bdb139bd..de7e441ec3457 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
@@ -558,18 +558,18 @@ def test_decode_number_with_32bit_sign_bit(self, val):
 
     def test_encode_big_escape(self):
         # Make sure no Exception is raised.
+        base = "\u00e5".encode()
+        escape_input = base * 1024 * 1024 * 2
         for _ in range(10):
-            base = "\u00e5".encode()
-            escape_input = base * 1024 * 1024 * 2
             ujson.ujson_dumps(escape_input)
 
     def test_decode_big_escape(self):
         # Make sure no Exception is raised.
-        for _ in range(10):
-            base = "\u00e5".encode()
-            quote = b'"'
+        base = "\u00e5".encode()
+        quote = b'"'
 
-            escape_input = quote + (base * 1024 * 1024 * 2) + quote
+        escape_input = quote + (base * 1024 * 1024 * 2) + quote
+        for _ in range(10):
             ujson.ujson_loads(escape_input)
 
     def test_to_dict(self):