diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedActorSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedActorSpec.scala
index a3d647fcf3..c2b6f93ec2 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedActorSpec.scala
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ package akka.actor.dispatch
 
 import java.util.concurrent.{ CountDownLatch, TimeUnit }
 import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite
-import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.{ Test, Before, After }
 
 import akka.dispatch.Dispatchers
 import akka.actor.Actor
 import Actor._
 
+import akka.event.EventHandler
+import akka.testkit.TestEvent._
+import akka.testkit.EventFilter
+
 object PinnedActorSpec {
   class TestActor extends Actor {
     self.dispatcher = Dispatchers.newPinnedDispatcher(self)
@@ -26,6 +30,16 @@ class PinnedActorSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
   private val unit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
 
+  @Before
+  def beforeEach {
+    EventHandler.notify(Mute(EventFilter[RuntimeException]("Failure")))
+  }
+
+  @After
+  def afterEach {
+    EventHandler.notify(UnMuteAll)
+  }
+
   @Test
   def shouldSendOneWay {
     var oneWay = new CountDownLatch(1)