diff --git a/spec/controllers/spree/orders_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/spree/orders_controller_spec.rb
index 6baa633378..c0a844a4bc 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/spree/orders_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/spree/orders_controller_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ describe Spree::OrdersController do
     let(:line_item) { order.line_items.last }
 
     before do
+      Spree::Config.allow_backorders = false
       order.set_distribution! d, oc
       order.add_variant variant, 5
       variant.update_attributes! on_hand: 3