diff --git a/server/http_handler_test.go b/server/http_handler_test.go
index ac6953cf6ec7d..053dc588a3200 100644
--- a/server/http_handler_test.go
+++ b/server/http_handler_test.go
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ type HTTPHandlerTestSerialSuite struct {
 	*basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite
 }
 
-var _ = Suite(&HTTPHandlerTestSuite{
-	&basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite{testServerClient: newTestServerClient()},
-})
+var _ = Suite(&HTTPHandlerTestSuite{&basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite{}})
 
-var _ = SerialSuites(&HTTPHandlerTestSerialSuite{
-	&basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite{testServerClient: newTestServerClient()},
-})
+var _ = SerialSuites(&HTTPHandlerTestSerialSuite{&basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite{}})
+
+func (ts *basicHTTPHandlerTestSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
+	ts.testServerClient = newTestServerClient()
+}
 
 func (ts *HTTPHandlerTestSuite) TestRegionIndexRange(c *C) {
 	sTableID := int64(3)