1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/java/broker-core/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueEntryListTestBase.java b/qpid/java/broker-core/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueEntryListTestBase.java
index a0ab7cd454..7f5ea06dcf 100644
--- a/qpid/java/broker-core/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueEntryListTestBase.java
+++ b/qpid/java/broker-core/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueEntryListTestBase.java
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public abstract class QueueEntryListTestBase extends TestCase
         final QueueEntry head = getTestList().getHead();
 
         final QueueEntry first = getTestList().next(head);
+        first.acquire();
         first.delete();
 
         final QueueEntry second = getTestList().next(head);
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ public abstract class QueueEntryListTestBase extends TestCase
         assertNull(list.next(queueEntry2));
 
         //'delete' the 2nd QueueEntry
+        queueEntry2.acquire();
         queueEntry2.delete();
         assertTrue("Deleting node should have succeeded", queueEntry2.isDeleted());