1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py
index 3b35964763..a208e29ada 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/date.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import re
 
 class DateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
-    def setUp(self):
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_date(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to get initial date, output: %s" % output)
-        self.oldDate = output
+        oldDate = output
 
-    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
-    def test_date(self):
         sampleDate = '"2016-08-09 10:00:00"'
         (status, output) = self.target.run("date -s %s" % sampleDate)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Date set failed, output: %s" % output)
@@ -19,6 +18,5 @@ class DateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
         p = re.match('Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:00:.. \+0000', output)
         self.assertTrue(p, msg="The date was not set correctly, output: %s" % output)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('date -s "%s"' % self.oldDate)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date -s "%s"' % oldDate)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to reset date, output: %s" % output)